In a related story to the one directly below this one, ars technica also has an article about Intel wanting to move rootkit detection to the hardware level.
Intel doesn't like rootkits any more than you or I do, and the chip maker hopes to do something about them. The company has begun research on the possibility of hardware-level rootkit detection. Known as the OS Independent Run-time System Integrity Services project, the rootkit detections system would consist of a small chip on the PC's motherboard that would be dedicated to monitoring active processes.
But what does this mean? The hardware will detect a rootkit and pop up a warning. So what? You still need the proper tools to remove it. This is a step in the right direction, but not enough to make it worth while.
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