Screen lockers are malicious programs that display a banner on the screen which cannot be closed, and then demand a ransom for removing it.
If you see a banner with a demand that you send a text message or make a money transfer to unlock the computer, use a keyboard shortcut that will cause Kaspersky Internet Security 2018 to detect and remove the screen locker.
Watch the video about how enable Protection against screen lockers in Kaspersky Internet Security 2018 at the end of article.
If your screen is locked by a screen locker, use the preconfigured key combination.
If you have not set custom key combination, press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F4 to remove the banner.
Next, run a Full Scan.
By default, Protection against screen lockers is enabled.
To set the key combination:
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