HP laptop Pavilion 15 PC - 'rootkit' file scanned with McAfee

When running an analysis of complete systems using McAfee, scan has stalled on a file named "rootkit".  I chatted with McAfee, and they asked for a tool that has corrected the problem.  However, when I ran another scan I noticed that one of the files that have been done scroll as the performed analysis was "rootkit" - which contained no other identifiers.  This time the scan does not get stalled on the file, but I wonder if this file has to be on my computer?

At the heart of the expression 'rootkit' is two words-'root' and 'kit '. Done root referring to the Almighty, "Administrator" account on Unix and Linux, and kit refers to a set of programs or utilities that allow someone to maintain the root-level access to a computer. However, another aspect of a rootkit, beyond maintaining root level access, is that the presence of the rootkit must be undetectable.

Related: http://netsecurity.about.com/od/frequentlyaskedquestions/f/faq_rootkit.htm

See this:

http://service.mcafee.com/faqdocument.aspx?id=TS102052&lang=en-US&prior_tid=1165787117&AnswerID=16777216&turl==http%3A%2F%2Fkb.mcafee.com%2Fagent%2Findex%3Fpage%3Dcontent%26id%3DTS102052%26actp%3Dsearch%26viewlocale%3Den_US&searchid=1403288518673

https://community.McAfee.com/thread/60548

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