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Terminator antivirus killer is a vulnerable Windows driver in disguise

June 4, 2023
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Terminator is allegedly capable of bypassing 24 different antivirus (AV) Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) security solutions including Windows Defender on devices running Windows 7 and later.

Terminator just drops the legitimate signed Zemana anti-malware kernel driver named zamguard64.sys or zam64.sys.

Hashes for this driver are in Virustotal link.

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