Should I remove Pidgin?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
1% remove it99% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #1,988
United States Rank #1,617
Reach 0.3323%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 29.79 days
878.69 days >
Average installed length: 461.68 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 3.0.0devel |
0.02% |
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| 2.9.0 |
1.56% |
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| 2.8.0 |
0.24% |
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| 2.7.9 |
0.69% |
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| 2.7.8 |
0.15% |
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| 2.7.7 |
0.40% |
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| 2.7.6 |
0.14% |
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| 2.7.5 |
0.26% |
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| 2.7.4 |
0.09% |
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| 2.7.3 |
0.70% |
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| 2.7.2 |
0.15% |
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| 2.7.11 |
1.40% |
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| 2.7.10 |
0.38% |
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| 2.7.1 |
0.47% |
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| 2.7.0 |
0.08% |
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| 2.6.6 |
0.50% |
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| 2.6.5 |
0.35% |
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| 2.6.4 |
0.23% |
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| 2.6.3 |
0.24% |
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| 2.6.2 |
0.15% |
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| 2.6.1 |
0.09% |
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| 2.5.8 |
0.15% |
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| 2.5.7 |
0.03% |
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| 2.5.6 |
0.08% |
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| 2.5.5 |
0.17% |
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| 2.5.4 |
0.08% |
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| 2.5.3 |
0.06% |
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| 2.5.2 |
0.08% |
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| 2.5.1 |
0.14% |
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| 2.4.3 |
0.05% |
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| 2.4.0 |
0.05% |
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| 2.3.1 |
0.05% |
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| 2.13.0 |
0.03% |
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| 2.12.0 |
1.19% |
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| 2.11.0 |
1.97% |
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| 2.10.9-RS137 |
0.02% |
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| 2.10.9 |
17.60% |
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| 2.10.8 |
0.79% |
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| 2.10.7 |
30.55% |
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| 2.10.6 |
11.37% |
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| 2.10.5 |
0.35% |
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| 2.10.4 |
2.32% |
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| 2.10.3 |
1.18% |
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| 2.10.2 |
0.52% |
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| 2.10.12 |
2.27% |
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| 2.10.11 |
12.84% |
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| 2.10.10 |
1.44% |
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| 2.10.1 |
3.15% |
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| 2.10.0 |
3.18% |
|
| 11.04 |
0.02% |
|
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Pidgin
What is Pidgin? (from the publisher)
Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: A... Read more
Overview
The most used version is 2.10.7, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 main program executable is pidgin.exe. The software installer includes 39 files and is usually about 8.92 MB (9,355,322 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 58% of users of Pidgin come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and France.
Program details
URL: sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin
Help link: developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using Pidgin
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\pidgin
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin-uninst.exe
Estimated size: 8.92 MB
Files installed by Pidgin
| Program executable: | pidgin.exe |
| Name: | Pidgin |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\pidgin\pidgin.exe |
| MD5: | 9d0dead0f9c95604ac84ace37d4f2988 |
Additional files:
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libsasl.dll (by Carnegie Mellon University) - Carnegie Mellon University SASL (CMU SASL API v2)
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freebl3.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
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libnspr4.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR Library)
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libplc4.dll - PLC Library
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libplds4.dll - PLDS Library
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nss3.dll - NSS Base Library
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nssckbi.dll - NSS Builtin Trusted Root CAs
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nssutil3.dll - NSS Utility Library
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smime3.dll - NSS S/MIME Library
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softokn3.dll - NSS PKCS #11 Library
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ssl3.dll - NSS SSL Library
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libpurple.dll (by The Pidgin developer community) - LibPurple (LibPurple Library)
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pidgin.dll (by The Pidgin developer community) - Pidgin (GTK+ Pidgin Library)
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pidgin-uninst.exe - Pidgin Installer
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exchndl.dll
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libjabber.dll
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libmeanwhile-1.dll
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liboscar.dll
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libsilc-1-1-2.dll
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libsilcclient-1-1-2.dll
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libxml2-2.dll
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libymsg.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- pidgin.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{58FBE8B5-D148-4677-ABA7-E6325397D4AD}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- pidgin.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Pidgin.
Startup File (User Run)
- pidgin.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Pidgin' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe".
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- pidgin.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Pidgin\pidgin.exe'.
Network connections
- pidgin.exe connects to cs107p1.us2.msg.bf1.yahoo.com (66.196.114.64 port 5050).
- pidgin.exe connects to cs214p2.msg.sp1.yahoo.com (98.136.48.114 port 5050).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| pidgin.exe |
| Memory: | 33.58 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0002258687% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00019360% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003227% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 4,544,989 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1.48 MB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 1.29 KB | |
How do I remove Pidgin?
You can uninstall Pidgin 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 Pidgin, 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 Pidgin.
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #1,988
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
63.94% |
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| Windows 10 |
28.94% |
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| Windows XP |
4.25% |
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| Windows Vista |
2.82% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.05% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.15% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
19.44% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
17.48% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
6.74% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.11% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.24% |
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Geography
58.44% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
58.44% |
| Germany |
5.62% |
| France |
5.02% |
| United Kingdom |
3.23% |
| Canada |
2.53% |
| India |
1.62% |
| Italy |
1.50% |
| Brazil |
1.20% |
| Australia |
1.14% |
| Spain |
1.09% |
| Romania |
1.09% |
| Netherlands |
0.98% |
| Sweden |
0.87% |
| Poland |
0.85% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
26.84% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
21.80% |
|
| Acer |
12.53% |
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| ASUS |
12.07% |
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| GIGABYTE |
8.54% |
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| Lenovo |
5.36% |
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| Toshiba |
4.69% |
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| Samsung |
2.96% |
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| Intel |
1.99% |
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| MSI |
1.00% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.92% |
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| Apple |
0.73% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
6.26% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.35% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.37% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.64% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.22% |
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| Dell Latitude E6420 |
2.14% |
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