[SOLVED] Anyway to get rid of rootkit?

dota2er

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My Kaspersky detected rootkit in my system memory over a year, but it is never able to eliminated the rootkit. Anyway to clean it? Thanks!
 
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I heard of reinstall the OS would be the best way, and do I need to worry if the rootkit infect my bios? Thanks
It is very uncommon but if you suspect it, do a secure erase followed by a bios update, which should cure any problem other than something of incredible sophistication that is pretty unlikely for a home machine.
If you need to use the computer you can sidestep the rootkit by unplugging the infected drive and run a LINUX Live DVD. This will take a while to load the OS from that drive but once running it's all in RAM and works OK. I use DVD because nothing can be written back to it.
If you're actually having a persistent high level attack like that it may be necessary to do this.