Your computer has been locked! Fake DOJ (FBI) warning

Your computer has been locked! is a piece of ransomware that comes into the system without a user’s consent and paralyzes the system’s process. Users cannot use the computer properly, because the infection does not allow them to access the desktop and browse the Internet. This is done to obtain money from unsuspecting computer owners that think that this will help them to get rid of Fake DOJ (FBI) warning and unlock the paralyzed machine.

The messages has a logo of FBI in the hope that the user will think that the issue is real. The warning also contains accusations which do not have anything in common with reality; hence, we recommend you to remove Your computer has been locked! so that you do not have to pay a fine of $200 to restore your computer’s settings. Ignore the MoneyPak icon and other logos at the bottom of the message, because this is just a cheap trick to convince you that the message is authentic. Below, find how the simulated charges look like:

This operating system is locked due to the violation of the federal laws of the United States of America![…]

Following violations were detected:
Your IP address was used to visit websites containing pornography, child pornography, zoophilia and child abuse. Your computer also contains video files with pornographic content, elements of violence and child pornography! Spam-messages with terrorist motives were also sent from your computer.

Your IP address does no have anything in common with FBI, and you are not actually accustomed of storing pornographic material. The bogus message disappear as soon as you remove the vicious Your computer has been locked!

As there is no need to pay the fine because you can get rid of the message by deleting the infection, follow our guidelines to remove Your computer has been locked!:

1. Restart the computer in Safe Mode (after pressing the Restart button, press F8)
2. Go to the Start menu, open Run and type in regedit.exe.
3. Follow this path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ and remove GoogleChrome.
4. Restart the computer normally.
5. Download SpyHunter from http://www.pcthreat.com/download-sph, launch a scan to have the virus removed.