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” has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. 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 file is typically installed with the program Babylon by Babylon Ltd which is a potentially unwanted software program. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
Publisher:
Babylon Ltd.

Product:
Babylon Client

Description:
Babylon Information Tool

Version:
9.0.0.30

MD5:
672eda99fd2406810da8a64b0b6442bb

SHA-1:
7b879ce15a43e08569cc1351a0a1be1f6c7a30d7

SHA-256:
ee6017fa06f1918ee6e5a437b4299764378961b0b3fc020ef9e2a5c126fc956c

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/18/2024 6:46:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Bbylon
4.0.3.15113

Reason Heuristics
Trojan.Adw.Babylon.H
14.2.4.3

File size:
3.1 MB (3,270,584 bytes)

Product version:
9.0.0.30

Copyright:
Copyright © Babylon Ltd. 1997-2011

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2011 9:27:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:MbCROv0n8rA+5JtAcIA2KmUK5jJkm0CSOMWfvoWR4uZ/MX:MgzEA+5JtAcIA2KmUK5jJ70CSOMWfbOr

Entry address:
0xCAE91

Entry point:
E8, 34, 09, 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, 3B, 08, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, C1, E5, FF, FF, 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:
6.3405

Code size:
2.2 MB (2,319,872 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 file babylon.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Babylon  by Babylon Ltd
Babylon is a computer dictionary and translation program, developed by Babylon Ltd. Babylon's translation software prompts to add the Babylon Toolbar, identified as a browser hijacker. The toolbar also comes bundled as an add-on with other software downloads.
www.babylon.com/products/babylon
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to singhop0011.babsft.com  (216.104.42.92:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ba-sh-nl-dc1-007.babsft.com  (198.20.106.253:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to DedLoadLM2200.babylon.com  (184.154.27.235:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ba-sh-nl-dc-006.babsft.com  (107.6.141.13:80)

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

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