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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program TidyNetwork by TidyNetwork. While running, it connects to the Internet address files.tidynetwork.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Tidy Network  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d57b7d0b42d0579f43ed751f72cc3129

SHA-1:
e4c8e751b45d31cdfa7dbc050a3a4172ea67a6aa

SHA-256:
6e59556bc1134ce5fde359903182e73a44868dd2dc840b6687f809cafeddeaa4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 2:16:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InfoAtoms.TidyNetw (M)
16.7.10.0

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tidy Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
3/15/2014 12:52:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:zFmDfsXXYARsaWVkL6m0vpJ7QwUawVilvIBXycv:zFmILRsaWaLh/Uukcv

Entry address:
0x85DBD

Entropy:
0.9807

Code size:
602.5 KB (616,960 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
TidyNetwork

Display publisher:
TidyNetwork

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tidynetwork\tidynetwork.exe" \u cid=truk07 name=tidynetwork autoguid={9655f107-0328-3455-f6ae-354ed67f6f4f}


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to services.tidynetwork.com  (96.126.104.111:80)

 
http://services.tidynetwork.com/general/ping.php?tidyaction=tidyinstallbegin&tidyversion=5&tidyos=NT-Platform&tidyguid={...}&tidysourcetype=tidy&tidycompany=TidyNetwork.com&tidysourceid=

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to files.tidynetwork.com  (69.16.175.10:80)

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