{"id":4163,"date":"2025-03-21T12:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antivirusaz.com\/faq\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=4163"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:58:14","slug":"what-is-a-cool-exploit-kit","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.antivirusaz.com\/faq\/art\/what-is-a-cool-exploit-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Cool Exploit Kit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Cool Exploit Kit<\/strong> was a malware toolkit developed by the same group behind the <a href=\"\/faq\/art\/what-is-a-blackhole-exploit-kit\/\">Blackhole Exploit Kit<\/a>. It targeted similar vulnerabilities in web browsers and plugins to deliver malware. Cool was considered more advanced and expensive, often using <a href=\"\/faq\/art\/zero-day-vulnerability\/\">zero-day exploits<\/a> (unknown software vulnerabilities) to increase its success rate. 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