tidynetwork.exe

Tidy Network

This is part of the InfoAtoms browser extension which will display variopus forms of advertising in the web browser by injecting new ads such as banner, text-links and search results. The application tidynetwork.exe by Tidy Network has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program TidyNetwork by TidyNetwork.com which is a potentially unwanted software program. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3emsmln8xfj03.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address 3e.3a.1632.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
PETN  (signed by Tidy Network)

Version:
5.1765

MD5:
750d80c34e55256058fcb44c058db5a6

SHA-1:
c2228a5e5d58eb5bed13e4717b28f2e0d74e84b2

SHA-256:
7b48fbfeabe5aa670b7c84e3624fd0da42d74cc77ab546d0b01048c965c1d955

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 11:38:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

McAfee
Artemis!750D80C34E55
5600.7186

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TidyNetwork.L
14.8.8.2

Sophos
Tidy Network
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0314
7.2.79

VIPRE Antivirus
Tidy2Network
27548

File size:
1.2 MB (1,287,976 bytes)

Product version:
5.1765

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
petn.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tidynetwork\tidynetwork.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tidy Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tidy Network, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5B80FB156CAB4137B00AFF13BA26609D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/14/2014 3:52:12 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zh6v8oSbknksEGco9UGekSEa+tXgW+ydgroI8FyiLVquG0qB8SjY8:lnhbyksncolrta+tXD+0gElyi3R8

Entry address:
0x85DBD

Entry point:
E8, 15, 9E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 00, 80, 4A, 00, E8, 1D, 08, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, 12, A0, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 98, CC, 4A, 00, BA, 94, CC, 4A, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, F0, DF, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, E7, DF, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 0C, 08, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, DE, 9E, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.4944

Code size:
602.5 KB (616,960 bytes)

The file tidynetwork.exe has been discovered within the following program.

TidyNetwork  by TidyNetwork.com
TidyNetwork is a potentially unwanted program that runs in the user's web browser as a toolbar and/or web extension depending on the browser.
www.tidynetwork.com/terms-of-use
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The file tidynetwork.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://d3emsmln8xfj03.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../TidyNetwork_20140402.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 3e.3a.1632.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (50.22.58.62:80)

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