System Restore Rouge...

Just spent the entire day getting this thing off my computer. Has anyone else had the "pleasure" of dealing with this?

Nope (and I hope I don't). But I think my sister had to deal with that on my mother's computer.

What is that and how did it get on your computer?

Originally Posted by Shinobi Popcorn

What is that and how did it get on your computer?

I presume a System Restore Rogue is a malware that survives even though you restored your computer (which is to literally restore it to factory state). But according to my sister, there's something a little bit beyond a system restore.

Originally Posted by DL-Ghirahim

I presume a System Restore Rogue is a malware that survives even though you restored your computer (which is to literally restore it to factory state). But according to my sister, there's something a little bit beyond a system restore.

A proper factory restore obliterates the hard drive of everything, then re-installs the OS and programs that originally came with the PC.

Unless it somehow jumps to the BIOS, albeit it's a very, very, very unlikely scenario.

BIOSes differ from PC to PC, unlike your OS. Malware can be effective in its goal because there are many devices running a Windows OS, the very kind of OSes they are usually coded to affect.