babylon.exe

Babylon Client

Babylon Software

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 Software 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 will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
Publisher:
Babylon Software Ltd.  (signed by Babylon Software)

Product:
Babylon Client

Description:
Babylon Information Tool

Version:
10.3.0.14

MD5:
dcbf2b93fc73ed693b806c0bc66d1106

SHA-1:
d3aaecfb5c0c466c27028e110b0a36666d503e1b

SHA-256:
46d8bac2fd8100541b81c8cc2908fc583f6333b0fd647d8ad0c8fb5eec2a40f8

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:
12/24/2024 5:05:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
17.1.11.5

File size:
3.4 MB (3,518,832 bytes)

Product version:
10.3.0.14

Copyright:
Copyright © Babylon Software Ltd. 1997-2015

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
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/7/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/7/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Babylon Software, O=Babylon Software, L=Or Yehuda, S=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7B8E754BED548B30647F4329D78D3F91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/27/2015 4:49:02 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xE90A0

Entry point:
E8, 77, F9, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63, FC, FF, E0, 5B, C9, C2, 08, 00, 58, 59, 87, 04, 24, FF, E0, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 51, 53, 56, 57, 64, 8B, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 89, 75, FC, C7, 45, F8, 0E, 91, 4E, 00, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, F8, FF, 75, 08, E8, CA, 9D, 01, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 8B, 40, 04, 83, E0, FD, 8B, 4D, 0C, 89, 41, 04, 64, 8B, 3D...
 
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Entropy:
6.3484

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,406,912 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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