babylon10_setup.exe

Babylon Client Setup 1.0

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 babylon10_setup.exe, “Babylon Client Setup” by Babylon has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.babylon.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Babylon Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Babylon Client Setup 1.0

Description:
Babylon Client Setup

Version:
1.0.8.0

MD5:
832f7ddad26655377b1e98f46e151c81

SHA-1:
0942779a1c78d8d1c8e36cefc0e45716b9a59d52

SHA-256:
882d599d3e353165db5456455b4bf7c9047c0a91c06e9bdfaf1047de8596f3d3

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:51:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AegisLab AV Signature
W32.Sality
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Babylon
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Babylon.N
7.11.81.32

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Toolbar
4.0.3.131225

Bkav FE
W32.Clod95a.Trojan
1.3.0.4923

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
16361

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1733
9.0.1.0359

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.Babylon.AMN
8.14.01.19.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Babylon (variant)
7.8967

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Toolbar_Babylon
8/7/2014

Malwarebytes
v2013.12.25.03

McAfee
Artemis!77445EC53390
5600.7271

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.0.57029

Norman
Babylon.A
11.20140807

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Babylon.P
14.8.7.19

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1215
7.2.359

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen
3.12.22.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Babylon
22724

File size:
789.6 KB (808,528 bytes)

Copyright:
2011(c) Babylon Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup_Stub.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\babylon10_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/27/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/9/2014 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:
48C39FBA62460E24E169054FE518E0AF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2013 1:55:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CAPAgFUB2ZIv9Mzw+oluHQO3UdUaUjWW5shIr0eZIrdcyyBuvtPaVwGNHfk9FKSC:CAAgFUB2ZIOTg+wIay0PsMJa1Tq+

Entry address:
0x15A7

Entry point:
55, 8D, AC, 24, 40, F6, FF, FF, 81, EC, 3C, 0A, 00, 00, A1, 00, 50, 40, 00, 33, C5, 89, 85, BC, 09, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8D, 75, 88, 88, 5D, 87, C6, 45, 86, 01, E8, AD, 05, 00, 00, 53, 89, 9D, DC, 01, 00, 00, 89, 9D, E0, 01, 00, 00, 89, 9D, E4, 01, 00, 00, C7, 85, E8, 01, 00, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, FF, 55, C4, 89, 85, D8, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E8, FD, F9, FF, FF, 3B, C3, 0F, 85, 0A, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, EC, 01, 00, 00, 50, 8B, FE, E8, 35, FF, FF, FF, 8B, F8, 3B, FB, 0F, 85, C0, 00, 00, 00, 33, FF, 66, 39...
 
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Entropy:
7.9882  (probably packed)

Code size:
11.5 KB (11,776 bytes)

The file babylon10_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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