prerm is in xscreensaver 5.34-2ubuntu1.
This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.
The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | #!/bin/sh
set -e
case "$1" in 
  remove|purge)
	killall -q /usr/bin/xscreensaver || true
	;;
esac
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