Lock My PC is an easy in use, powerful and compact tool to lock your computer from unauthorized use. When you leave your computer unattended, the program disables the hot keys and mouse, locks CD/DVD ROM doors and displays a lock screen. Nobody can access your system without providing the correct unlock password.Nowadays, computer are part of our lives. They’ve become a really important element in our lives.

And that takes a lot of things with it. We use computers for everything, all our important information is in a little Hard Disk which stores it safely, but, maybe,it is not safe.

All our credit card codes, bank accounts, personal info, photographs,… if anybody access them can cause us a big damage.

Usually,we install, firewall, anti-trojans and software like that preventing anybody in t net can enter our computer, but we forget that if anybody uses our computer can access all our data.

And then it is when Lock My PC enters in scene. Thanks to Lock my PC we will be able to key-protect our PC. We can decide if we are going to protect only one folder, several ones or the whole PC.

After configuring Lock My PC (Not difficult, but really easy) Our beloved data will only be accessed by people who knows our password, so we will not have to worry.

Whenever you leave your computer unattended, you should either turn it off or manually activate the screen lock that requires you to enter your password to resume working. You should manually lock your screen even if your device is configured for an automatic screenlock after a set number of minutes. Locking your display screen will protect the information stored on or accessible from your device.

When you manually lock your screen, the computer is continuing to run in the background, so you don’t need to close out of documents or apps. You are just putting the display to sleep. You’ll be able to quickly unlock the screen when you return, without restarting your computer.

Lock My PC is software offered on a free and business basis by FSPRO Labs, an organization which has also developed drive encryption and file access restriction software. Lock My PC is designed to keep PCs safe from unauthorized access, such as when it is left unattended, by creating a lock screen that requires a password to remove.

According to the developer, Lock My PC also disables hotkeys, the mouse, and CD/DVD systems.

The software used to be widely available for free to download — including by scammers to exhort payment from victims by locking their PCs.

Tech support scammers will pretend to be from well-known companies including Microsoft, Apple, and Google, and may send phishing emails or perform cold calls, warning that a would-be victim’s PC is infected with a virus or needs a clean, update, or maintenance.

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The scam artists attempt to gain control of a PC through remote control software and by abusing the Windows Syskey.exe program, encrypting the machine and setting a password to force victims to pay a fee to have access restored. This used to be a common method, but changes made by Microsoft have made this technique less effective in recent years.

As noted by Bleeping Computer, support for Syskey was removed by Microsoft in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, leaving scammers to find other means to lockdown PCs on modern setups.

In a notice posted to the software’s development page, FSPRO Labs says that there have been “too many reports of Lock My PC misuse” by scammers who are impersonating technology support teams, installing Lock My PC remotely, and restricting user access.

“Since Lock My PC was available for free download from our site, we were unable to control who used this software and for what purposes,” the developers say. “However, we consider such activities as cybercrime and a gross violation of [the] Lock My PC license agreement.”

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FSPRO Labs has provided a free password recovery feature for those who may have already fallen prey to tech support scammers utilizing the software.

The free version of the software can be unlocked by typing “999901111” in the password line, which will reveal a numeric recovery code. This code can then be submitted to the software’s recovery page to generate a new recovery password able to unlock your PC.

The company has also chosen to remove the user access control software from the public domain. Existing customers can still obtain Lock My PC and the business edition can be applied for using a corporate email address, but each request will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

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Tech support scams are a menace, and more often than not, fraudsters get away with it; however, some perpetrators are tracked down and caught. In 2019, a tech scammer from North Carolina pleaded guilty to defrauding US citizens out of roughly $3 million over the course of four years, and two individuals were arrested on suspicion of operating tech support scam websites and billing over 7,500 victims for unnecessary support fees. In the latter case, the duo allegedly made over $10 million by preying on the vulnerable and the elderly.Lock My PC is an easy-to-use, powerful and compact tool to lock your computer from unauthorized use. The product is no longer available or supported.

When you leave your computer unattended, the program disables the hotkeys and mouse, locks CD/DVD ROM doors, and displays a lock screen. Nobody can access your system without providing the correct unlock password.