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 www.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:
fe50457fd6e39ff11c487bf475abd2da

SHA-1:
eefbfb8233281e155d509e21d0b03bf2f7f9c3cf

SHA-256:
ea1e81a4550c776f53d5d0a01eb7186131c02f40e64cc79f79a39d8b341b95b6

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:
11/6/2024 2:00:03 AM 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
2015.0.3272

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Toolbar
4.0.3.14123

Bkav FE
W32.Clod95a.Trojan
1.3.0.4923

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
16302

Dr.Web
Adware.Babylon.8
9.0.1.0337

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.Babylon.AMN
8.14.12.03.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Babylon (variant)
8.8385

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Toolbar_Babylon
12/3/2014

Malwarebytes
v2014.12.03.03

McAfee
Artemis!FE50457FD6E3
5600.6928

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.craswq
0.28.0.57029

Norman
Babylon.A
11.20141203

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Babylon.P
14.12.3.3

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10201

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0518
7.2.337

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen
3.12.22.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Babylon
18198

File size:
782.6 KB (801,360 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\_5apps\_5apps\_nothing_found\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:GUxN1j+I91Uq7zkanpKTqEn69UIR6w408Bhrk3/dRMVfK1RjF3G3S3NkYl84Ct:GWVHDkanp269UIR6w40Oa/Y4jJGHs840

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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