babylon.exe

Babylon Client

Babylon Ltd.

This is part of the Babylon web browser toolbar and extension that will modify the browser's default search provider, DNS, and home page functions. The application babylon.exe, “Babylon Information Tool” by Babylon has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘Babylon Client’. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
Publisher:
Babylon Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Babylon Client

Description:
Babylon Information Tool

Version:
7.5.2.13

MD5:
d2c6d8ca36a3e84500248d60dc41ff50

SHA-1:
3bdb145fbfadff3ef20c172f10b2fc59f1a68358

SHA-256:
4f8d72be64f937b1b6f3b8fec28fd5e02c89dd411a543ec161e3ca24776a6f97

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:
4/25/2024 10:55:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
17.3.9.2

File size:
3.8 MB (3,959,696 bytes)

Product version:
7.5.2.13

Copyright:
Copyright © Babylon Ltd. 1997-2009

Original file name:
babylon.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\babylon\babylon-pro\babylon.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
3/9/2009 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2010 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Babylon Ltd., OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Babylon Ltd., L=Or-Yehuda, S=Or-Yehuda, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
76B79B3B3038808496E06B3A6FF3981A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2009 5:56:10 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xD0D10

Entry point:
E8, C3, 00, 01, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 48, 53, 33, DB, 57, 8B, F8, 89, 5D, F8, 89, 5D, FC, 3B, FB, 75, 22, E8, B1, 04, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 38, 0E, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 83, CA, FF, 8B, C2, E9, 77, 02, 00, 00, 8B, 47, 14, 99, 8B, C8, 8B, C2, 89, 4D, EC, 83, C1, BB, 89, 45, F0, 83, D0, FF, 56, 3B, C3, 0F, 87, 49, 02, 00, 00, 72, 0C, 81, F9, 08, 04, 00, 00, 0F, 87, 3B, 02, 00, 00, 8B, 47, 10, 3B, C3, 7C, 05, 83, F8, 0B, 7E, 46, 99, 6A, 0C, 59, F7...
 
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Entropy:
6.5245

Code size:
2.2 MB (2,325,504 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Babylon Client

Command:
C:\Program Files\babylon\babylon-pro\babylon.exe -autostart


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to sh3srv1.babylon.com  (198.143.128.242:80)

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