Should I remove Babylon?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
10.00.0214	9.82%
10.00.0210	11.42%
10.00.0207	0.46%
10.00.0204	0.46%
10.00.0200	0.68%
10.00.0118	0.68%
10.00.0111	67.35%
9.00.0522	6.39%
9.00.0207	0.46%
9.00.0103	0.23%
8.00.0908	0.23%
1.00.0000	1.83%

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• #13,554 Babylon
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from Babylon Ltd.

Remove Babylon

Babylon is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that is ad-supported and will display various popup and banner ads as well as modify the user's web browser search and home page settings. This plugin will update Internet Explorer (as a BHO), Chrome (as an extension) and Firefox (as an add-in). In some cases, the program will monitor a user's behavior (which the user agreed to if they did not read the full EULA) and will inject rival advertisements over existing one or just inject new ones all together. This toolbar is typically bundled by third party download managers/installers or through questionable online ads.

The most used version is 10.00.0111, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). When installed, it will add a context menu handler to the Windows shell in order to provide quick access to the program. In the Google Chrome browser, it will add an extension. The main program executable is babylon.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 42 files and is usually about 10.35 MB (10,855,936 bytes).

URL: www.Babylon.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\babylon\babylon-pro\data\ldts

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{19D9F11A-F5B9-4F5D-BE2D-A3EC80A8BF8E}

Estimated size: 10.35 MB

Language: English (United States)

• babylon.exe connects to singhop0007.babylon.com (184.154.40.59 port 80).

babylon.exe
Memory:	26.6 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0287421483%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.01024451%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.01849764%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	5,593,566	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	5	70 average
I/O reads/min:	284.6 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	46.18 KB	105.02 KB average

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program Babylon, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Babylon.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 48% Win Vista 0%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 80% Keep it 20%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Iran	54.62%
United States	7.95%
Israel	6.92%
Germany	3.33%
Egypt	2.56%
DZ	2.31%
Saudi Arabia	2.05%
Netherlands	2.05%
Italy	1.79%
France	1.54%
Turkey	1.28%
Brazil	1.03%
United Kingdom	1.03%
SY	0.77%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

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