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CIA Special Agent 767 Screen Locker Removal Guide
CIA Special Agent 767 Screen Locker can appear on your computer screen and lock you out after you install a questionable program. There are other ways, too, for this Trojan screen locker to slither onto your system, but the main point here is that you will not notice its presence until it locks your screen. Unfortunately, many inexperienced computer users may bite on this bait and believe that the only solution is to pay for the supposed "license" to unlock their machine. This malware infection also claims that it has encrypted your most important personal files with an "extremely secure and unbreakable algorithm," which is a complete lie that could work on unsuspecting users. The good news is that this attack will not cost you a cent if you read our article. At the end, we will reveal our solution for you to remove CIA Special Agent 767 Screen Locker from your computer. But before you jump there, we would like to tell you more about this Trojan infection so that you may be able to avoid the next similar attack.
Most users may not even think that it is actually quite easy to prevent similar malware threats from sneaking onto their system. There is indeed a lot you can do to protect your computer. Although it is not yet fully clear how this screen locker Trojan program spreads over the net, there are a few alternative routes it may follow. The most likely way for such an infection to drop onto your system is after downloading a suspicious software crack or a whole free software bundle from a questionable source. It can mainly happen in two ways. First, your system may give home to a number of ad-supported programs, which can spy on you and display customized third-party ads on your screen that may be unreliable. Second, you could also be exposed to such ads if you visit questionable websites associated with online gambling, gaming, and file sharing. You should be aware that a lot of times third-party ads cannot even be recognized as commercials or promoters of questionable third-party software installers. They can simply look like a normal button or hyperlinked text as well as a system notification about a needed plugin or software update. If you click on such ads and contents, there is a good chance that you end up with malware infections like this. But it is more likely that you let a whole bunch of malware infections on board as these usually travel in packages. This is why it is important that you scan your system with a trustworthy online malware scanner after you delete CIA Special Agent 767 Screen Locker from your system.
Another possibility that most Trojans tend to use is spam e-mail campaigns. A malicious executable file can be disguised as an image or a document of some sort that the user is made to believe is very important to see. First of all, such a spam may appear to be totally legitimate with the sender looking like an official worker of a well-known company, a hotel, an airline, or even a local or state authority. It is quite likely that you would open this mail even if you found it in your spam folder. The subject matter is what really attracts the eyes because it always seems to be regarding something that could be urgent for anyone really. For example, a wrongly done booking with an airline company, a report about a supposed unauthorized use of your credit card, problem with your Internet provider, and so on. However, if you save the attachment onto your hard disk and view it, you simply activate the infection that traveled with it. You are actually lucky if this Trojan is the one in this spam because a ransomware attack could damage all your files. On the other hand, if you delete CIA Special Agent 767 Screen Locker, your files and your system will be free of this threat.
After you run the downloaded program, it locks your screen with a scary warning that shows a CIA logo at the top just to emphasize its seriousness. But it can only trick inexperienced users really. Of course, seeing this official logo and experiencing the screen lock could be quite convincing, to be frank. Since most users have no alternative at hand, they believe that the only way out of this situation is to pay the demanded fee of 100 USD to the given Bitcoin wallet. You are told that you will get a "license" key for this money so that you can unlock your computer and restore your encrypted files. However, you files have never been encrypted by this infection and there is a way to put an end to this screen lock as well; for free. So you should completely ignore what this warning says about what happens if you fail to pay for 5 days and the fee going up to 250 USD. As a matter of fact, our research was quite fruitful and we have found a key that you can paste into the assigned field on this screen lock page and you can unlock your computer. Then, you can simply delete CIA Special Agent 767 Screen Locker and the related file and registry key.
If you are not afraid of a bit of manual work, you can use our guide below this article to remove this Trojan from your system. If you follow each step carefully, there should be no problem even if you are not exactly an experienced computer user. You could go through these steps in just a few minutes. But remember that this screen locker Trojan program may not be the only threat your system may be struggling with. If you do not want to go after every single malware infection manually, we recommend that you install a decent anti-malware program, such as SpyHunter. Also, keep all your drivers and software updated for best results against cyber criminals and their vicious attacks.
Remove CIA Special Agent 767 Screen Locker from Windows
- In order to unlock your screen, copy and paste "suckmydicknigga" in the key field on this warning window and click on the Submit button.
- Tap Ctrl+Shift+Esc key combination to launch Task Manager.
- Find the malicious process named "WindowsApplication1" and remember the location of the .exe file.
- Press End task and close the Task Manager.
- Tap Win+E to launch the Windows File Explorer.
- Delete the malicious executable file, "receipt69.exe" (or it could be a different file name).
- Empty your Recycle Bin.
- Tap Win+Q and type in regedit. Hit the Enter key.
- Delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WindowsApplication1" registry value name (value data: "C:\Users\user\Desktop\receipt69.exe")
- Close the editor and reboot you PC.
