uninstall.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 uninstall.exe by Tidy Network has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. 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:
cf0430a3f4db25155558abb8d0432d94

SHA-1:
2e7ed9e4ca0b9ab5f01dff4a4ff093c8bb984358

SHA-256:
1e91f03321d3759126708133639ed27aa7e39fb07668bfc1c583da6b74458405

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 12:00:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TidyNetwork.J
14.11.3.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Tidy2Network
34484

File size:
127.3 KB (130,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 7:59:59 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:
10/27/2014 12:06:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:YVS1gAliH3fsajr6Wrzu+3VDMzrsghxvwX:YVMliHUajrrC+3VDYr/ni

Entry address:
0xADC7

Entry point:
E8, B9, 6B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, C7, 01, 6C, 6F, 41, 00, E9, 28, 6D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, 6C, 6F, 41, 00, E8, 15, 6D, 00, 00, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 24, EA, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08, 51, 52, E8, 60, 13, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 74, 04, 33, C0, EB, 24, F6, 06, 02, 74, 05, F6, 07, 08, 74, F2, 8B, 45, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.4632

Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
TidyNetwork

Display publisher:
TidyNetwork

Uninstall string:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\tidynetwork\uninstall.exe cid=trbucket01 name=tidynetwork autoguid={8fd616b2-f3d3-35c0-f3d1-379b946c1c23}


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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