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In the Star Wars movies, Assassin Droid is quite a vague term. Across the galaxy there have various models of droids that have been either built or modified to kill.
Movies
In the weeks preceding the revelation of the Grand Army of the Republic and the outbreak of the Clone Wars, presented in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the bounty hunter Zam Wesell used a brown, floating model of assassin droid to set poisonous worms upon Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo in her Couruscant apartment. This model of assassin droid proved to be very well programmed. When its assassination attempt was foiled and the worms were killed, the droid attempted to flee the scene when Obi-Wan Kenobi jumped out a window and latched onto it. Aware that it was floating miles above ground level, the assassin droid scraped walls at soared into traffic lanes in wild attempts to knock its unwanted rider off, all the while attempting return to its master. Zam Wesell used her sniper rifle to take the droid out of commission, sending Obi-Wan Kenobi plunging downward between Courscanti buildings.
In Episode V, IG-88, one member of a group of assassin droids that destroyed their creators, was recruited by the Empire to hunt down Han Solo. IG-88 had only a short time on screen, and in the end Solo's capturer turned out to be Boba Fett. (Update needed)
Video Games
In Star Wars Battlefront, the Assassin Droid (or Droid Sniper) serves the Confederacy of Independent Systems alongside the upgraded Super Battle Droid, the Assault Droid (Droid Demolitions), the Droid Pilot, and the Droideka (destroyer droid, wheel droid). The Confederacy's assassin droid model uses a BAW-E5 Sniper rifle to pluck off unaware enemy infantry at far distances. The droid's advanced targeting computer allows the droid to utilise the sniper's magnification function twice; Assassin Droids' snipers are generally used at far greater efficiency than the weapons of the opponents of its class, the Clone Marksmen of the Galactic Republic. Assassin droids are also equipped with a blaster pistol to defend itself from infantry close by. Though they have a fast firing rate, blaster pistols are relatively weak, and more often then not turn out to be the wrong weapon to use in tight spots.
The Assassin Droid also carries an Akrayd Recon Seeker Droid which can scout its surroundings at high speeds. The Recon Droid is quite weak, can be destroyed with a few well-placed blaster hits, and has a weapon that appears to be less strong than a blaster pistol. To compensate for these weaknesses, the Recon Droid can become a target of an orbital strike from capital ships in the upper atmosphere. This kamikase-like attack is devastating and can be used to eradicate multiple enemy forces at once. However, keeping the Recon Droid out of harm's way during the five-second countdown to the strike is another story.