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Acer Aspire - missing msconfig.exe

System has multiple malware windows popping up trying to extort money. So started in Safe Mode and now find that msconfig cannot be found by W indows. Ran sfc and it found and corrected errors but still no msconfig. can it just be copied from a Windows disk and re-installed
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you can probably extract the msconfig.exe from another source with no problems.  Optionally, you may consider running a "hijackthis" scan, which kind of performs a similar function that you are likely hoping to accomplish.  

MSconfig might even be still in a different folder on your machine that you can copy it from.  go to the command prompt and type
cd %windir$

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then search for it with:
dir msconfig.exe /s

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You'll probably find the file in a winsxs folder, about 300 Kb.  Copy it to your system32 folder

also, check your path environment variable to make sure "C:\windows\system32" is in it

Get Malwarebytes and TDSSKiller to run on it to make sure it's clean.
did you run sfc more than once?  that may be needed
don't forget to reboot!
also a repair install can help :
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html      

if this does not help, tell us what malware you removed
I don't recommend repair installs on Windows 7.  Get Malwarebytes to run first.  Install, run flash scan, reboot, quick scan, reboot, then full scan.  Run hijackthis scan and look for startup entries in the user folders (like User\appdata\local\temp) and remove entries like that.  Check your browser extensions on all web browsers and reset default searches.  Download kaspersky's TDSSKiller and run a quick rootkit scan just for good measure.

Confirm the system is clean by updating antivirus, attempt to perform windows update, and do a Google search and click through a couple results to make sure you don't get goofy redirects.

If you have trouble getting Malwarebytes started, let me know... But you want at least the quick or the full scan to be run on a full boot (not safe mode).