Should I remove Ditto?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #2,826
United States Rank #2,652
Reach 0.2109%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 15.58 days
459.61 days >
Average installed length: 241.49 days
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Ditto
from Scott Brogden
What is Ditto? (from Scott Brogden)
Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type of information that can be put on the clipboard, text, images, html, custom formats. earch and paste previous copy entries. UTF... Read more
Overview
Ditto is a program developed by Scott Brogden. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The programs's main executable is Ditto.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 2.91 MB of memory. It also adds an icon to the Windows notifications area in order to provide access to the program. The software installer includes 20 files and is usually about 8.16 MB (8,558,083 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 52% of users of Ditto come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and France.
Program details
URL: ditto-cp.sourceforge.net
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Ditto\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Ditto\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 8.16 MB
Files installed by Ditto
| Program executable: | Ditto.exe |
| Name: | Ditto |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\Ditto\Ditto.exe |
| MD5: | 8af0f3ab4c7df57d4572a720a9197134 |
| Taskbar: | Displays an icon in the notification area |
Additional files:
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DittoSetup_3_16_8_0.exe - Ditto (Ditto Setup)
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DittoSetup_64bit_3_18_46_0.exe
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Ditto.exe
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focus.dll
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- Ditto.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BCE393F7-2F7E-480B-A99C-E0DAB8A2E956}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Ditto.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Ditto.
Startup File (User Run)
- Ditto.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Moffsoft Calculator 2' and executes as C:\PROGRAM FILES\Ditto\Ditto.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- Ditto.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Utilities\Ditto\Ditto.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Ditto.exe |
| Memory: | 2.91 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0004297654% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00025674% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00017302% | |
| Switches/sec: | 1 | |
How do I remove Ditto?
You can uninstall Ditto from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Ditto, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Ditto.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 53%
Win 7 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
54.71% |
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| Windows 10 |
36.83% |
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| Windows XP |
4.20% |
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| Windows Vista |
4.20% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.90% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
13.12% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
9.39% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.56% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
8.42% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
5.94% |
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Geography
51.84% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
51.84% |
| Germany |
22.35% |
| France |
3.71% |
| United Kingdom |
2.97% |
| Canada |
2.50% |
| Netherlands |
1.35% |
| Australia |
1.33% |
| Belgium |
1.21% |
| Italy |
0.98% |
| Austria |
0.94% |
| India |
0.68% |
| Poland |
0.64% |
| DK |
0.59% |
| Spain |
0.59% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.09% |
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| Dell |
21.49% |
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| Acer |
15.16% |
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| Medion |
9.41% |
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| ASUS |
9.23% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.62% |
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| Toshiba |
5.31% |
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| Lenovo |
3.12% |
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| Samsung |
2.23% |
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| Intel |
1.47% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.94% |
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| MSI |
0.94% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
6.08% |
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| ASUS All Series |
5.47% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.77% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.92% |
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| MEDION MS-7797 |
2.43% |
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| MEDIONPC MS-7728 |
2.43% |
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