How to Defeat a Rootkit Without Reinstalling Windows

This is how you can defy popular belief that the only way to kill a rootkit is by formatting your drive and reinstalling Windows.

EDIT:
This process can NOT remove a BIOS rootkit. No software process that I know of can. If you think you have a BIOS rootkit, the only way to remove it is to replace the BIOS chip(s). This likely means getting a new motherboard.

Song:
Windows Dark Remix
By Grave-dig

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Tags:

• Remove
• Defeat
• Clean
• Rootkit
• Virus
• Trojan
• Reinstall
• Windows
• AVG
• Anti
• Spyware
• Terminator

[midnightnobody]

It picked it up a while back as a Hidden File but never found it again...

[midnightnobody]

AVG said it wasnt powerful enough to remove it, I could use a power user but it could Slow down or Crash my computer. Should i do it anyway?

[1RadicalOne]

...If you did not understand it, how could you use it to help yourself?

[HowToVideos250]

@1RadicalOne Hehe i have no idea what your saying but it helped

[1RadicalOne]

I cannot guarantee ANYTHING will work 100% of the time. Even reinstall.

But yes, these three programs can work together fine, though if your computer is naturally slow, you may notice a performance drop.

[sheban518]

@1RadicalOne dude, i have the UnHackMe , and the comodo antivirus , and both cant delete it, comodo cant detect it, however UnHackMe can, but cant delete it, it requires me a " warrior boot cd " or whatever that is...

i will try it ur way, but how can u guarantee that this would work 100 per cent ??

and can i keep these 3 antivuris programs running at same time without causing damage to each other ??

[ballader1]

@1RadicalOne ok.

[1RadicalOne]

I interpreted your statement to mean that reflashing usually removes the kit, sometimes not.

[ballader1]

@1RadicalOne Read my comment "Reflashing USUALLY solves", I'm not sure in your cases if it woulf help.

[1RadicalOne]

Reflashing the BIOS? What if it is either inaccessible (as mine is, inside the southbridge) or ROM?