Babylon Software - 6% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Babylon Software? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Babylon.36 and Trojan ( 004b097b1 ). The detection rate for the Babylon Software files collected here is 6%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Babylon Software when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Babylon Software digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Babylon Software file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Babylon Software:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Babylon Software and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also see the address for Babylon Software, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Babylon Software certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Babylon Software Files
The following are the Babylon Software files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 2/57 | BabylonIEPI.dll |
| 1/55 | Captlib64.dll |
| 12/57 | Babylon10_setup_ns.exe |
| 1/57 | BabylonIEPI.dll |
| 2/57 | Babylon10_setup_ns.exe |
| 1/56 | BabylonHelper64.exe |
| 18/68 | Babylon10_setup_ns.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Babylon Software files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| CAT-QuickHeal | Trojan.IGENERIC |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, Application.Win32.Babylon.~AS |
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_66% (D), malicious_confidence_80% (D) |
| Cylance | Unsafe |
| DrWeb | Adware.Babylon.36 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Babylon.P potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Babylon.P, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Babylon.AD potentially unwanted |
| Endgame | malicious (high confidence) |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Babylon |
| Ikarus | PUA.Toolbar.Babylon |
| Invincea | virus.win32.parite.b |
| Jiangmin | Trojan.Agent.ahlt |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004f08e31 ), Trojan ( 004b097b1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004f08e31 ), Trojan ( 004b097b1 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.DownLoadAdmin |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Searcher.dotdbm |
| Rising | Trojan.Injector!8.C4-pNGyNIJLO1 (cloud) |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.DownloadAdmin/Variant |
| SentinelOne | static engine - malicious |
| TheHacker | Trojan/Injector.cyzy |
| TotalDefense | Win32/Tnega.KHYRFO |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0523 |
| ViRobot | Adware.Babylon.725344 |
| Webroot | Pua.Toolbar.Babylon |
| Yandex | Trojan.Injector!Rc82qkZiT+A, PUA.Toolbar.Babylon! |
| Zillya | Trojan.Injector.Win32.388788, Trojan.Zbot.Win32.188658 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 583 scan reports for the Babylon Software files. 37 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 7b8e754bed548b30647f4329d78d3f91
- 239a3b3c27a1ca050ce5fad7036b3ede