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:
10.0.2.16

MD5:
a18a2fd6b57ee7f6aa5e5b4271732b42

SHA-1:
b9f18eecaefd149a3fe7762872440ee0262f2798

SHA-256:
d2c0a420f9642ccc65e20bfe46a9038cc5119571bd264f67ad89992b8e4e4084

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:
4/20/2024 2:04:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
16.6.5.22

File size:
3.5 MB (3,639,376 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.2.16

Copyright:
Copyright © Babylon Ltd. 1997-2014

Original file name:
babylon.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\babylon\client\babylon.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/12/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/8/2016 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4A3CB79EE8B7A32A0263FE5D13CC5291

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/13/2014 12:34:58 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:yu8AwA4jwxyAcIA2KmUQNjdUHs1hCQlw+ot56F/JW5N3X:yu8AsXAcIA2KmUQNjdqsvlI5vX

Entry address:
0xE8FF0

Entry point:
E8, 15, 0C, 01, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63, FC, FF, E0, 5B, C9, C2, 08, 00, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 53, 56, 57, 64, 8B, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 75, FC, C7, 45, F8, 5E, 90, 4E, 00, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, F8, FF, 75, 08, E8, 40, AF, 01, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 8B, 40, 04, 83, E0, FD, 8B, 4D, 0C, 89, 41, 04, 64, 8B, 3D...
 
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Entropy:
6.3756

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,448,896 bytes)

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

Name:
Babylon Client

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


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