Discovered: December 31, 2001
Updated: February 13, 2007 11:38:42 AM
Also Known As: Trojan.Win32.OptixKill, Win32/OptixKiller
Type: Trojan Horse
Avkiller.Trojan is a Trojan horse that terminates the processes of common antivirus and firewall products.
NOTE: Definitions dated prior to April 9, 2002 may detect this threat as Trojan Horse.
Protection
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Initial Rapid Release version April 9, 2002
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Latest Rapid Release version May 26, 2009 revision 005
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Initial Daily Certified version April 9, 2002
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Latest Daily Certified version May 26, 2009 revision 004
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Initial Weekly Certified release date April 10, 2002
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Writeup By: Yana Liu