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 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.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Babylon Client

Description:
Babylon Information Tool

Version:
9.0.1.5

MD5:
7d5ea64a7a1ed1480c25b81656c8026e

SHA-1:
ebb2552e1c35dd3159be5dc750b9d8b65ef6d5a6

SHA-256:
33a93e262e7965dbefd0948eadf5c05e56870fdf27ce322dcdedd44e30a43690

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:
4/19/2024 6:39:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
17.3.1.13

File size:
3.1 MB (3,265,136 bytes)

Product version:
9.0.1.5

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/10/2011 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
3/9/2012 3:29:59 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:
23EB6FA7C450FB11E23708D04D92DD17

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2011 1:57:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xCB041

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:
6.3481

Code size:
2.2 MB (2,323,456 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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