NEVER GET CLOSE TO BABYLON (a very annoying adware)

General Topics
1

A public complain of mine.
Even disabling the installation of this stupid (to not use a banned word here…) software it get installed, change the home page of browsers, the search mechanism, etc.
It comes bundled in a lot of applications (freeware) and it is very very hard to clean.
Go to hell Babylon Toolbar and others >:( :frowning:

2

The last two computers that I have looked at have had Babylon toolbar installed. Owners had no idea how it got there.

Do you know what it comes bundled with?

3

Well, I was testing some video converters and I don’t remember.
But it’s not a problem of the application but Babylon which passed through the non-checked options.
The Babylon uninstaller lefts tons of leftovers that got active and show its tentacles each boot… I HATE BABYLON.

4
I HATE BABYLON
thats why we have AdwCleaner. :)
5

Just to take a look in what it makes into Firefox…

6

Thanks Pondus. I’ve run it. But it does not remove the Firefox about:config entries. I had to manually remove them.

7

Tech try this trick it solved my problem
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-babylon-toolbar-and-search-the-web-babylon/
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/746530

I had that same problem about two months ago F##KEN BABYLON an annoying little sh#t

8

Thanks Speedy.
But reset the three browser settings is too much to me.
I’m trying to find a non destructive way to get rid of this …

9

You could use OTL to clear the remnants (apart from Chrome… )

10

Have you tried Malwarbytes Pro ??? You need to do a Full Scan.
It will find it and remove it.
Take a look at the following instructions for manual removal:
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-babylon-toolbar/

11

Hi!

First something of my history:
I had a problem with my computer (standing → ‘i.d. Heide’) under XP Pro SP 3 and I tried almost everything to find the mistake.
Asyn gave me this link → http://majorgeeks.com/WinSock_XP_Fix_d4372.html
and I should download the file ‘winsockxpfix.exe’.
But I made a mistake and downloaded something with ‘scan and repair’* and with this SW came ‘BabylonToolbar’ in my XP in spite of removing the little hook before ‘BabylonToolbar’!!!
Asyn helped with the other link of ‘AdwCleaner’, so that I could get rid of all that stuff!

HDW38

Edit: The name of the tool (*) was ‘reimage.exe’!

12

How To Uninstall The Babylon Toolbar Completely
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/08/17/how-to-uninstall-the-babylon-toolbar-completely/

OR

http://blog.anvisoft.com/news-threats/babylon-toolbar-and-search-babylon-removal-guid/

13

Yes, I’ve done that.

14

It does not remove the firefox about:config entries…

15

The link for the manual removal that I provided certainly does. :slight_smile:
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-babylon-toolbar/

16

Yes Bob, you’re right. Just that MBAM Pro does not remove it.

17

Tech all the link I gave you and you should be able to remove Babylon Toolbar, as mind is 100% free and clean from the nightmare :o

18

Thanks Speedy. I’ve followed them. I’m clean now.

19

Are you sure you’re clean Tech ;D

20

Yes.