November 22, 2009

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Last modified: Friday, August 18, 2006 

A type of Trojan horse designed stop or kill security programs such as an antivirus program or firewall without the user knowing. This Trojan type is normally combined with another type of Trojan as a payload.

See also Trojan horse.

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The Difference Between a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse.

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