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, “ACS Babylon Dictionary” 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:
عصر کامپيوتر شاندرمن  (signed by Babylon Ltd.)

Product:
Babylon Client

Description:
ACS Babylon Dictionary

Version:
6.0.0.20

MD5:
aa086654456c6782c17b9f7982160c24

SHA-1:
6d90e93319976cda5d37f9c61c4bc1e378d31dcc

SHA-256:
22e7e26b697c412d510f450bbb0506009b00f113e55476526a56c49721e2e719

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:
4/24/2024 4:20:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
17.1.10.12

File size:
2.5 MB (2,655,272 bytes)

Product version:
6.0.0.20

Copyright:
Copyright © Babylon Ltd. 1997-2005

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:
2/13/2006 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/28/2007 3:29:59 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:
1271E01D90B147DCF80E63DAC35146A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/23/2006 7:52:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x182018

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 28, 5A, 5B, 00, 68, D8, 62, 58, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, D4, 92, 5A, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, FC, AB, 61, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, F8, AB, 61, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, F4, AB, 61, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, F0, AB, 61, 00, 6A, 01, E8, ED, 28, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, C3, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8, 94, 4B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 10, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, 59, 33, F6, 89, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.5775

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,736,704 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


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