Windows doesn't boot (ArmUI.ini malware)

[upomper]

[FONT=&quot]Hi everyone,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I am having severe issues with my Lenovo Thinkpad, Win7.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]All of a sudden Windows doesn't boot, but goes directly into System Recovery.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I ran the system startup repair, but it tells me that windows can't do the repair by itself. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I also tried all of the available boot options (savemode, debug mode etc.) nothing worked.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I booted a diagnostics program from Lonovo from an usb disk to check all of the hardware. No error was found.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]When I ran the system recovery though, I get an 0x80070002 error message that D:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
could not be replaced by the original copy. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Google tells me that ArmUI.ini is a malware.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Could anybody tell me what to try next? How to maybe remove the malware and run a successful system recovery?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]There are important data on my computer that I would love to restore, so any help would be greatly appreciated.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Many thanks![/FONT]

 

[whs]

Before you do anything else I would save my data. Here is one way of going about that:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/287439-emergency-kit-save-your-files-dead-os.html

Then you can reinstall the system which is the safest way to get rid of any malware.

 

[upomper]

Hi whs,
Thanks for your help. Sounds good, I will try that.