The specialized cybersecurity phrase and tool category you are looking for is Anti-Bootkit / Anti-Rootkit Utilities, with the most legendary standalone tool for this specific family being Kaspersky TDSSKiller.
During the peak of the Sinowal (also known as Torpig) and Mebroot outbreak in the late 2000s and early 2010s, these threats were classified as bootkits. This meant they did not just hide inside the operating system; they hijacked the computer’s Master Boot Record (MBR). This allowed them to execute code before Windows even loaded, making them completely invisible to traditional antivirus programs. How Security Vendors Handled Mebroot/Sinowal
To fight this, major security vendors had to develop hyper-specialized, standalone removal tools because normal scanners could not clean the infected MBR without crashing the entire computer. MITIGATE – European Union