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 5 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 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:
6.0.0.24

MD5:
bee37415c13318573a89bda5fb73904e

SHA-1:
f1bc14d94709dff5f8f510c3a3ad1454e5489296

SHA-256:
43e73afddf5273ea5a56286a523bdf0afa202b307f4ff58a9e1ec8a255786e67

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:13:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Bbylon
4.0.3.15723

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

F-Secure
Suspicious:W32/PeepViewer!Gemini
11.2015-23-07_5

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
15.7.23.8

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Win32.BrokenEmbeddedSignature
15.07.23

File size:
2.5 MB (2,659,368 bytes)

Product version:
6.0.0.24

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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/28/2007 1:59:59 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:
1271E01D90B147DCF80E63DAC35146A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/9/2006 9:57:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:sSjxvrbR5HnYCYOyNGdDkuI1BN1AYhC1MhI6TI0jDFcRxRdW74PGbZieplyXUMsb:suvXPlxkJf1A6HtTGNPLHPAxcrb7Q

Entry address:
0x1821F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 30, 6A, 5B, 00, 68, B8, 64, 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, D8, A2, 5A, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 9C, BC, 61, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 98, BC, 61, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 94, BC, 61, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 90, BC, 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:
6.5801

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

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,740,800 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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