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 4 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program TidyNetwork by TidyNetwork.com which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address files.tidynetwork.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
PETN  (signed by Tidy Network)

Version:
5.1681

MD5:
58ab162370bd3b895c9befcc64e3e030

SHA-1:
cb490e5fe069e1cb516a889fd675bd6e614bee72

SHA-256:
7c32a34dbbb48021f74c8a03b21694056c7b75bc3175129d7cc583e98af93936

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:07:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.367
9.0.1.0134

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TidyNetwork.L
14.8.8.2

Sophos
Tidy Network
4.96

VIPRE Antivirus
Tidy2Network
24962

File size:
1.1 MB (1,131,816 bytes)

Product version:
5.1681

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 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2016 9:59:59 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:
10/16/2013 10:47:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MdBF2/0FsemPf5ajyF+PZh04BEHeDr/A0SVJ6USjjKPNfL:8BKis5PRajyFo704yHeSaUCMtL

Entry address:
0x8414D

Entry point:
E8, 69, 9E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, A8, 5A, 4A, 00, E8, 1D, 08, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, 66, A0, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, B8, AC, 4A, 00, BA, B4, AC, 4A, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, 37, E3, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, 2E, E3, 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, 32, 9F, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.3902

Code size:
595.5 KB (609,792 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 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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