Should I remove TidyNetwork.com?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
83% remove it17% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #6,025
United States Rank #3,254
Reach 0.0769%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 30.32 days
894.38 days >
Average installed length: 469.93 days
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TidyNetwork.com
What is TidyNetwork.com?
From the Terms of Service - "By accessing the Sites and downloading the Software, you hereby grant the Company permission to display promotional information, advertisements, and offers for third-party products, offers or services (collectively “Advertisements”) from Company’s advertising partners (collectively “Partners”). The Advertisements may include, without limitation, content, offers for products or services, data, links, articles, graphic or video messages, text, software, music, sound, graphics or other materials or services. The timing, frequency, placement and extent of the Advertisements changes are determined in Company’s sole discretion. You further grant Company permission to collect and use certain aggregate information in accord with the Privacy Policy."
About (from the publisher)
Tidy Network allows users to see interesting and entertaining advertisements related to keywords throughout website text. This virtual layer is simply laid over the top of keywords on a web page and can be modified at any time. Ads will appear when you hover over an underlined keyword link on a web page. You will see a... Read more
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Integrates into the web browser
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in TidyNetwork.com.
| tidynetwork009.exe (966f77a9b64a43693920710c8f462009) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| Comodo Security |
15778 |
Heur.Suspicious |
| Malwarebytes |
v2013.05.23.01 |
PUP.TidyNetwork |
| Trend Micro |
10.465.23 |
TROJ_PAIDE.A |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.143 |
TROJ_PAIDE.A |
| tidynetwork.exe (0cb2429bf353489c7bda4fa5bc5b033c) has been flagged by the following 16 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Antiy-AVL |
2.0.3.7 |
Trojan/win32.agent.gen |
| AVG |
10.0.0.1190 |
Generic29.BCVB |
| Clam AntiVirus |
0.97.3.0 |
Win.Trojan.Agent-91441 |
| Comodo Security |
15862 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Dr.Web |
|
Trojan.DownLoader5.61210 |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
3.0.0.575 |
Trojan.Win32.AMN (A) |
| Jiangmin |
16.0.100 |
Trojan/Generic.aaisl |
| Kaspersky |
9.0.0.837 |
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.1.8.219 |
Win32.Troj.Behav_SC.aa.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5.400.0.1158 |
Artemis!0CB2429BF353 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2012.1 |
Artemis!0CB2429BF353 |
| Norman |
7.00.22 |
Smalltroj.AANTC |
| Panda Antivirus |
10.0.3.5 |
Generic Malware |
| Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
TROJ_PAIDE.A |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_PAIDE.A |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
16708 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 |
| tidy2update.exe (b62e4c69a7d2701dee4452991eeec2dc) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Comodo Security |
17137 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| IKARUS anti.virus |
T3.1.5.4.0 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.TidyN |
| Kaspersky |
9.0.0.837 |
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.TidyN.c |
| Kingsoft AntiVirus |
2013.4.9.267 |
Win32.Troj.TidyN.e.(kcloud) |
| McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Generic PUP.a |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Generic PUP.a |
| Sophos |
4.93.0 |
Tidy Network |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.R047H01GJ13 |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.24.3 |
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
22592 |
Tidy2Network (fs) |
| tidy2ie.dll (341bf606eb751fa3457a03669d841b1e) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| McAfee |
5.600.0.1067 |
Artemis!341BF606EB75 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2013 |
Artemis!341BF606EB75 |
| Sophos |
4.94.0 |
Tidy Network |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0815 |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
22702 |
Tidy2Network (fs) |
| tidynetwork005.exe (4517f4183d7da278937ca18f0bf823b3) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Comodo Security |
18149 |
Heur.Suspicious |
| Sophos |
4.98.0 |
Tidy Network |
| Trend Micro |
9.740-1012 |
TROJ_PAIDE.A |
| tidynetwork004.exe (902df2abd7d2fbfef9f27717258f2444) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Comodo Security |
14912 |
Heur.Suspicious |
| Sophos |
4.85.0 |
Tidy Network |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0824 |
| tidynetwork013.exe (c17edd32a37403e2fd7660be8832b52b) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Comodo Security |
17567 |
Heur.Suspicious |
| Sophos |
4.96.0 |
Tidy Network |
View all 43 all detections
Program details
URL: www.tidynetwork.com
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\tidynetwork.com
Uninstaller: "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork009.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 547.44 KB
Files installed by TidyNetwork.com
| Program executable: | tidynetwork009.exe (Malware detected) |
| Signed by: | TidyNetwork |
| Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\tidynetwork.com\tidynetwork009.exe |
| MD5: | 966f77a9b64a43693920710c8f462009 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) tidy2ie.dll
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(Malware detected) tidy2update.exe
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spmonk.dll
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TidyNetwork.exe (by Tidy Network)
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tidy2networkComdl02.exe (by Tidy Network)
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tidy2networkTRUS02.exe
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(Malware detected) tidynetwork005.exe
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tidy2networkTRCA01.exe
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tidy2networkTRUS01.exe
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(Malware detected) tidynetwork004.exe
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(Malware detected) tidynetwork013.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- tidy2ie.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'TidyNetwork.com' with the class of {7736C7FA-512D-11E2-B871-DEC36088709B}.
Scheduled Task
- tidy2update.exe is scheduled as a task named 'TidyNetwork Update' (runs daily at 4:39 AM).
4 Startup Files (User Run)
- tidynetwork004.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'TidyNetwork.com' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork004.exe".
- tidynetwork005.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'TidyNetwork.com' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork005.exe".
- tidynetwork009.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'TidyNetwork.com' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork009.exe".
- tidynetwork.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'TidyNetwork.com' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\TidyNetwork.com\tidynetwork.exe".
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| tidynetwork009.exe |
| Memory: | 1.7 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0001086438% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007775% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003090% | |
| Switches/sec: | 4 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 12 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
How do I remove TidyNetwork.com?
You can uninstall TidyNetwork.com from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program TidyNetwork.com, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove TidyNetwork.com.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by TidyNetwork.com you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 55%
Win XP 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 83%
Keep it 17%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.44% |
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| Windows 10 |
26.22% |
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| Windows Vista |
9.75% |
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| Windows XP |
6.59% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.28% |
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| Windows 8 |
16.44% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.06% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.59% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.46% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.39% |
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Geography
89.07% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
89.07% |
| United Kingdom |
5.60% |
| Canada |
2.40% |
| Iran |
0.62% |
| India |
0.13% |
| Israel |
0.13% |
| Slovenia |
0.09% |
| Singapore |
0.09% |
| Brazil |
0.09% |
| France |
0.09% |
| Korea |
0.09% |
| Kuwait |
0.09% |
| Indonesia |
0.09% |
| Romania |
0.09% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
37.17% |
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| Dell |
22.08% |
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| Acer |
14.25% |
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| Toshiba |
11.32% |
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| ASUS |
5.85% |
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| Lenovo |
4.53% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.17% |
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| Samsung |
1.32% |
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| Intel |
1.32% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.73% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.15% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
5.15% |
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| HP 2000 Notebook PC |
4.20% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
4.01% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite C655D |
2.48% |
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