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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 4 anti-malware scanners. 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.

File name:

babylon.exe

Publisher:

Babylon Ltd. (signed and verified)

Product:

Babylon Client

Description:

Babylon Information Tool

Version:

9.0.0.30

MD5:

bd67dfd9dcba91c0102adb4430679f28

SHA-1:

f8306d68cdcf853449df304c68cff107116e4e46

SHA-256:

27b0b6032da219e3b988906ec151631c45a47e866d0731d0a4b7d43d38fd8f36

Scanner detections:

4 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/19/2024 6:11:53 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.Bbylon

4.0.3.15127

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.7237

Microsoft Security Essentials

Adware:Win32/Babylon

1.163.1557.0

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Babylon (M)

15.12.7.23

File size:

3.1 MB (3,270,072 bytes)

Product version:

9.0.0.30

Original file name:

babylon.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\babylon.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Babylon Ltd.

Authority:

Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:

2/11/2010 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:

3/10/2011 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, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:

6BA9E210D535C6932A9CE11E3A78ED09

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):

98304:7bCROv0nIIA+5JtAcIA2KmUK5jJks00SOMWf4oDR4uwtMg:7gzjA+5JtAcIA2KmUK5jJJ00SOMWfvOL

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:

6.3414

Code size:

2.2 MB (2,319,872 bytes)

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

67% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

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

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