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TidyNetwork.com

Posted: April 3, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 7,161
Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 175,217
First Seen: April 3, 2013
Last Seen: March 10, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

TidyNetwork.com Screenshot 1TidyNetwork and the TidyNetwork.com site are part of an adware scheme where they infect a system and display a multitude of random advertisements. Most times TidyNetwork and the TidyNetwork.com site change settings within your web browser to load the TidyNetwork.com site as your default home page or search engine. Other unwanted sites may be loaded due to TidyNetwork and prove to be difficult to stop. Complete removal of TidyNetwork and all associated files is the sure way of restoring your system back to normal operation where you may select your own home page and default internet search engine.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files (x86)\TidyNetwork\petn64.dll File name: petn64.dll
Size: 127.48 KB (127488 bytes)
MD5: d3c857ebfaf3002fcaed2c66548bca06
Detection count: 6,073
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TidyNetwork\petn64.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 5, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TidyNetwork.com\tidy2start.exe File name: tidy2start.exe
Size: 56.32 KB (56320 bytes)
MD5: 2a7d9e3d2bd3db45fdd3131874fe3f10
Detection count: 5,335
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TidyNetwork.com\tidy2start.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 21, 2022
C:\Program Files (x86)\TidyNetwork\petn.dll File name: petn.dll
Size: 106.49 KB (106496 bytes)
MD5: 93c876d38f8f22329816f33fc3071847
Detection count: 1,047
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\TidyNetwork\petn.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 14, 2022
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork009.exe File name: tidynetwork009.exe
Size: 199.01 KB (199016 bytes)
MD5: 966f77a9b64a43693920710c8f462009
Detection count: 337
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork009.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 16, 2022
%LOCALAPPDATA%\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork005.exe File name: tidynetwork005.exe
Size: 202.08 KB (202088 bytes)
MD5: 87640902afb65fd423905e2603e8cd3b
Detection count: 126
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\TidyNetwork.com
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 7, 2021

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{7736C7FA-512D-11E2-B871-DEC36088709B}Regexp file mask%WinDir%\System32\Tasks\TidyNetwork UpdateHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\Software\TidyNetworkSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\tidynetwork.comSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.tidynetwork.comSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\tidynetwork.comSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\www.tidynetwork.comSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{742FE549-4AC5-3471-ED44-E8F67BB1E0B9}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{7736C7FA-512D-11E2-B871-DEC36088709B}Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{A0A41E95-EDE1-3882-CEAF-C1A4C7BE7FCE}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\TidyNetwork UpdateSoftware\TidyNetworkSoftware\TidyNetwork.comHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}TidyNetworkTidyNetwork.com

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PETN%LOCALAPPDATA%\TidyNetwork%LOCALAPPDATA%\TidyNetwork.com%PROGRAMFILES%\PETN%PROGRAMFILES%\TidyNetwork%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PETN%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\TidyNetwork%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\TidyNetwork%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\TidyNetwork.com
The following URL's were detected:
TidyNetwork.com
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