Screen Locking Virus Android – How to Remove It [Free Fix Guide]

What Is Screen Locking?

Screen Locking virus for Android is a dangerous malware, which can cause a lot of problems to your device and the information that is in it. It may erase files, it could steal them and could also use your screenlock in order to extort you into being some kind of a ransom.

Read this article to understand more about the Screen Locking Android virus and how you can fix this problem on your Android for free.

Screen Locking Virus – How Did I Get It

Screen Locking could infect your device via taking advantage of multiple undiscovered Android vulnerabilities, which is why it is very important to always keep your device up-to-date. Other viruses for android that have been reported to use such vulnerabilities are also the recently detected Flubot and Belombrea viruses.

Different kinds of methods exist via which this malware can infect your Android. The most often used methods by viruses for Android cause an infection are the following:

• In case it is downloaded as some type of a third-party application that is outside Google Play Store.
• If your Android device has had a malicious script being injected on it as a result of tapping on a malicious link or a browser redirect.
• If an otherwise legitimate application has pushed a dangerous advertisement on your Android, that has redirected to a virus script page.

This is why it is important to always check your applications and everything that you installed on your device.

Screen Locking Virus – What Does It Do?

Screen Locking virus may not only lock your screen, but may also perform a lot of different dangerous activities without your consent or knowledge. Many of those depend on what this virus is programmed to do, but most often these malicious activities are the following:

• Regular checks of the phone.
• Obtaining the phone’s contacts.
• Complete control of the SMS services.
• Complete control of the phone’s phone calls.
• Changing the malicious web server from which virus files are downloaded.
• Creating a lock screen on your device and showing a third-party web page.
• Running scripts that accumulate password and username info for different purposes.
• Switching off and or restarting a device.

This is the main reason why it is very important to change all of your passwords immediately and remove this threat from your Android.

How to Remove Screen Locking Malware from Android

Screen Locking malware can fully be removed from your device if you follow the instructions in the manual below. They are created to help you reset your Android to its factory condition. This will set everything by default and reinstall the operating system, resulting in removing the virus for free. Be advised, that is strongly recommended to back up all of the files on your Android before doing this.

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Preparation before removal of malware.

Before starting the actual removal process, we recommend that you do the following preparation steps.

• Turn off your phone until you know how bad is the virus infection.
• Open these steps on another, safe device.
• Make sure to take out your SIM card, as the virus could corrupt it in some rare cases.

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Step 1: Shut Down your phone to win some time

Shutting down your phone can be done by pressing and holding its power button and choosing shut down.

In case the virus does not let you do this, you can also try to remove the battery.

In case your battery is non-removable, you can try to drain it as fast as possible if you still have control over it.

Notes: This gives you time to see how bad the situation is and to be able to take out your SIM card safely, without the numbers in it to be erased. If the virus is on your computer, it is espeically dangerous to keep the sim card there.

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Step 2: Turn on Safe Mode of your Android device.

For most Android devices, switching to Safe Mode is the same. Its done by following these mini-steps:

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1.Turn on your device and hold the power button until you see the following menu:

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2.Tap on Safe Mode Icon to reset your phone to Safe Mode, like shown below:

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3.When you turn on your phone, you will see the letters “Safe Mode” written on the side, bottom or other corners of the screen. Your phone will also be in Airplane mode. This will help avoid any viruses communicating with the hacker.

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Step 3: Eliminate the App that Your Believe is the Virus

Usually Android viruses get masked in the form of applications. To eliminate apps, follow these mini-steps:

1.Swipe down from the top of your phone and locate the Settings symbol and tap on it.

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2.When you open the Settings menu, you should be able to locate the control center of all your App Permissions. It should look something like the following:

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3.Now if you know which the virus or adware app is, you should locate it and tap on it:

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4.When you enter the app, you will see two options – to Force Stop it and to Uninstall it. Make sure to first Force Stop it so that your phone is safe from any tripwire tactics of the app that may destroy it an then tap on Uninstall to remove it.

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5.Now if you are sure that the virus or adware app is removed, you can hold the Power button and tap on Restart:

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Step 4: Find Hidden Virus Files on Your Android Phone and Remove Them

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1.To find hidden files manually (In case you know where the virus files are), you can use Safe Mode to go to where your Files are actually located. Usually, this is a folder, named “My Files” or something approximate to this:

2.There you should be able to locate all of your files and all of the folders:

Simply locate the virus and hold-tap on the virus file to delete it.