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 19 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 bit.ly 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:
de996ade4de18634f7aa7cda7367ad94

SHA-1:
48c99cbce974dea8f20e57c7332d50882d529d08

SHA-256:
1107616d94c240aa7956f784020d827f1bf55c45eb9692ff565d283448a53c35

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
5/25/2024 10:06:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Babylon
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Babylon.N
7.11.81.32

AVG
Adware Toolbar
2016.0.3095

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Toolbar
4.0.3.15529

Bkav FE
W32.Clod95a.Trojan
1.3.0.4923

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
16302

Dr.Web
Adware.Babylon.8
9.0.1.0149

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.Babylon.AMN
8.15.05.29.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Babylon (variant)
9.8523

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Toolbar_Babylon
5/29/2015

Malwarebytes
v2015.05.29.11

McAfee
Artemis!52C88A3FDD9C
5600.6751

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.0.57029

Norman
Babylon.A
11.20150529

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon.Installer
15.5.29.11

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
9846

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0520
7.2.149

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen
3.12.22.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Babylon
19272

File size:
783.1 KB (801,872 bytes)

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

Original file name:
Setup_Stub.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/27/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/9/2014 8:59:59 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 8:55:48 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EwVHDkanp269UIR6w40Oa/Y4jJGHs844w:hH24UIRGtawWJGHsh

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:
7.9878  (probably packed)

Code size:
11.5 KB (11,776 bytes)

The file babylon10_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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