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Remove ‘Your Computer Has Been Locked!’ DOJ FBI Warning Ransomware Virus Threat

Your Computer Has Been Locked! Is a fake warning message that attempts to copy the look of what hackers think an FBI violation notification would resemble. The Your Computer Has Been Locked! Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation ransom message tries to relay a message that your operating system is locked due to the violation of the federal laws of the United States of America. This ransom message will even go as far as to lock up an infected system until a file of $100 or more is paid up. PC users that pay the fine, through legitimate moneypak or other payment processing methods, they will find out that they were scammed when the system remains locked or the message repeats itself. These methods are much like other fake warning messages, such as FBI Moneypak Ransomware or Ukash Virus.

The ‘Your Computer Has Been Locked!’ DOJ FBI Ransomware message reads:

Your computer has been locked!
This operating system is locked due to the violation of the fedefal laws of the United States of America! (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8; Article 202; Article 210 of the Criminal Code of U.S.A. provides for a deprivation of liberty for four to twelve years.)
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.
This computer lock is aimed to stop your illegal activity.
To unlock the computer you are obliged to pay a fine of $200.
You have 72 hours to pay the fine, otherwise you will be arrested.
You must pay the fine through MoneyPak:
To pay the fine, you should enter the digits resulting code, which is located on the back of your Moneypak, in the payment form and press OK (if you have several codes, enter them one after the other and press OK).
If an error occurs, send the codes to address fine@fbi.gov

Upon noticing this message, PC users are strongly urged to take actions to remove Your Computer Has Been Locked! DOJ FBI Warning ransomware and any associated malware threats. We suspect that the Your Computer Has Been Locked! DOJ FBI Warning message comes from Trojan horse or other malware threats. An antimalware/antispyware program is the best solution for removing Your Computer Has Been Locked! DOJ FBI Warning from your computer all together.

In an effort to alleviate the problems that come with Your Computer Has Been Locked, you should take action now to remove Your Computer Has Been Locked. The process of removing Your Computer Has Been Locked can be tricky, which is why you may use a malware solution to easily remove it from your system. New antimalware software is one key to removing Your Computer Has Been Locked in addition to manual removal, which may be performed by more experienced PC users.

How you can easily remove Your Computer Has Been Locked from your computer

Automatically Detect and Remove Your Computer Has Been Locked:

Download SpyHunter
Remove Your Computer Has Been Locked

Download SpyHunter AntiMalware

 

If your internet browser is being blocked and you are unable to download SpyHunter, please follow these instructions:

1. Hold the WinKey (Windows Key on your keyboard) and press the R key at the same time.

Windows Key

WinKey (Windows Key)

2. Type in (or copy and paste) http://www.onlinesafety411.com/go/download-spyhunter and press Enter.

3. The SpyHunter download will begin.

4. You must find the downloaded file SpyHunter-Installer.exe and open/run it (double-click) to start the installation of SpyHunter.

Note: Your Computer Has Been Locked may block installation of antimalware or antivirus software. You may need to boot your PC into Safe Mode with Networking to install an antimalware program.

Steps to boot into Safe Mode with Networking:

  1. Bookmark or Favorite this Post/Web Page.
  2. Restart your PC
  3. Press the F8 key (before Windows starts to load – during the boot sequence text screens) a few times until it registers.
  4. Select “Safe Mode with Networking” and press Enter.
  5. Allow the system to boot into Safe Mode with Networking and then return to this page to download an antimalware application.

DIY Your Computer Has Been Locked removal resources

*If you are an experienced computer user, you may locate and delete the Your Computer Has Been Locked files and registry entries below. The manual removal process for Your Computer Has Been Locked is best performed while in Safe Mode.

Your Computer Has Been Locked Files

  • %AppData%\Your Computer Has Been Locked
  • %Desktop%\Your Computer Has Been Locked
  • %Programs%\Your Computer Has Been Locked
  • %StartMenu%\Your Computer Has Been Locked
  • {random symbols}.exe
  • {random}.exe

Your Computer Has Been Locked Registry Entries

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Run {random symbols}.exe

 

  • Anderson Weise

    you saved my A$$!!!!!! This Green Dot DOJ FBI message was so annoying. Thank you for providing a program to remove it!!!

  • http://www.onlinesafety411.com/remove-your-computer-has-been-locked-doj-fbi-warning-ransomware-threat Triston Kathel

    Okay so im going to try to help everyone out now with what is working so far. Id DOES detect the virus. All u need to do it scan. It takes a while. And right when the virus is detected it will attempt to create mini bots just to distract the scanning process. It was at 20 viruses when starting. Now at 296.
    But it is still scanning.

    (Btw, i am running on Safe Mode. I almost freaked out thinking the FBI was actually coming for me. But i dont think theyd warn you if they were. So i messed around with my HP Pavilion, Windows 7.)

  • http://www.onlinesafety411.com/remove-your-computer-has-been-locked-doj-fbi-warning-ransomware-threat Triston Kathel

    FACT ABOUT SPYHUNTER: IT DETECTS AND GIVES A SLIGHT DEFINITION OF EACH VIRUS, HOW THEY GOT ON YOUR PC/MAC/NOTEBOOK, AND WHAT THEY DO TO YOUR PC.

  • Gary Parker

    worked great. Guys thanks for the download malware remover. Finally something that works to rid my PC of fake FBI messages.

  • Chris Hunter

    This had my computer not responding for a few minutes at a time. Had to use the safe mode method to install and run spyhunter. It was able to remove this virus after that.

  • Shane Peterson

    Wow, this worked. I had to boot into safe mode though for that SpyHunter download to detect and remove it. Still, you guys ROCK!

  • Just Shoote

    Removing it in Safe Mode was the only way that worked when using SpyHunter. It took me through a new desktop and all but now it fixed it. Restarted into regular mode and my desktop is back without the annoying FBI message!

  • tim

    My desktop locked.
    The down load process started. Does this process take awhile to work? I get ‘administrator has set limits’ message and the window disappears. Is the program working?
    sent from my laptop.

  • John Stamos

    I would have paid Twice what Spyhunter was to remove this mess. So glad it is gone. Though, I had to boot into Safe Mode on my Windows 7 machine for it to completely remove the FBI Your Computer Has been Locked message. Nevertheless, it worked! Those jerks at best buy’s geek squad wanted to charge me $29 an hour to look at my PC and diagnose this at first and then charge more on top of that to remove any viruses. What a load of crap! You guys here at onlinesafety info are a life saver!

  • Carlos Meguile

    Very good. Spyhunter lists each parasite I have and tells me about it. Good stuff here. no more DOJ warning message for me!!!!

  • Mr. Carmichael

    Do you have any video of that? I’d want to find out some additional information.

  • Kendrick Miller

    Just so you all know, you may need to boot into safe mode to remove this DOJ FBI virus thing. I had to do this. Thing is, you must select the Safe Mode WITH Networking and not the regular safe mode so you can accesss the download. Worked after a few tries and i am grateful.

  • Malise Lee

    please help remove police message. i not work how to remove. please help. not good english sorry for confusion. am downloading spyhunter install and see if work on windows. thanks

  • Dank

    i just want this darn fbi pop-up gone please!

  • Danny Gelesby

    Frequently this fbi pop-up was displayed on my PC after booting. I had to boot into safe mode using F8 key at start and then use spyhunter (a registred copy for $39) to remove this. Only took 10 min and now I am a happy camper.

  • Slone

    I need help. I cannot get into safe mode to remove this crap. How do you do safe mode when your pc does not display a black loading screen?

  • Pukeboy

    I lost my boner when this came up!

  • Jackie Kales

    Once your computer is locked by this you can’t do anything. Glad you posted tips on Safe Mode with Networking. Would have never known. Thanks guys!

  • Darryl

    wanted this bs gone like yesterday. hope to god the spyhunter download works like you say when i spend my money.

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  • terry

    had this problem and somehow I was able to access in normal mode, get a chat agent to remote access and fix it for me manually. things just got ugly on the Internet.

  • Roy Spencer

    thanks all! Spyhunter found this and removed it.

  • Renne Santiago

    Actually had to go into safe mode on my Windows XP machine. It is an old Dell running XP SP2 and this virus locked it up and kept me from using the internet. Booting into the Safe Mode with Networking mode gave it internet access to download the Antimalware spy program and was able to detect the virus from that. That was my only way to get it to recognize an internet connection and download any programs.

  • Chris Xavier

    Had this DOJ your computer is locked virus message on my PC for over a week now. Nothing would remove it. Tried mcafee and norton even paid for the latest norton antivirus 2013 and it would not even list this as a virus or detection. I wanted to personally thank you all for having a program that finally detected this. After it detected, I went ahead and spent my money on registration. Thought I was taking a gamble but it paid off. Many thanks and kudos on a good product thus far in your SpyHunter download.

  • Arnold

    Awesome. got it removed. thx

  • William Kankowski

    Today, I went had an FBI message pop-up across my screen and then I could not load the internet. I use Internet Explorer but it kept giving me an error page. What I did was download spyhunter onto a flash thumb drive and then load it on my PC. I then rebooted and pressed F8 6 times until the safe mode selection screen came up. Then I selected Safe Mode With Networking, then I ran the spyhunter installer SpyHunter-Installer.exe and it downloaded and installed fully and ran an scan. It picked up this malware right away. I then registered for the amount asked and it then removed it. Pretty much my whole process took 25 minutes but it saved me about $129.95, just what geek squad at best buy was going to ask for to fix this. Kudos to OnlineSafety 411!

  • Nigel Ayers

    The warning was real when it said my computer is locked up. I could not access the internet nor start my norton, which is useless IMO. Tried Spyhunter and it found this right away. thanks

  • Tom Miller

    Goooooodness… I could not open up any microsoft programs and internet explorer would not load web pages anymore when I had this fake fbi warning thing. I could boot into safe mode with networking and get the spyhunter to download and install. then decided to register after it found this fbi thing right away doing its automatic scan. thank God for you guys. Saved me from taking my PC to geek squad ripoff at best buy.

  • Ed-Meister

    Has anyone sent a screen shot to the FBI? I wonder what they would say about this virus? Can they prosecute these hackers?

  • chris

    Nothing is working someone help me c9r5w12@gmail.com email me and help me out

  • OnlineSafety411

    Hello Chris,

    Let us know what your exact issue is. We will try to help.

  • Cass2366

    I did what was said but yet it’s not working. Is there anything I can do?

  • OnlineSafety411

    Have you tried booting into safe mode and then trying the scan?

  • victor

    I need help with a windows 8 computer… and its blocked by ICE how do I know its fake ?

  • victor

    I really need help guys… please help

  • OnlineSafety411

    Have you detected the malware using an antimalware program yet? Usually we have had a lot of success with detecting and removing this ransomware virus threat using antimalware software like SpyHunter.

  • OnlineSafety411

    The ICE message is a fake… it was created by hackers. Using SpyHunter on Windows 8 should resolve the issue for you. Have you allowed it to detect the ransomware threat yet? Let us know your outcome. Good luck.