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Akhouri Anmol Kumar
Akhouri Anmol Kumar

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I am 13. I reverse-engineered why every Windows lock app fails. Then I fixed it.

Most Windows lock apps fail the same way.

Open Task Manager.
Kill the process.
Done. Bypassed.

I spent weeks understanding exactly why.

The answer: they block at application level.
Not OS level.

So I went deeper.

WH_KEYBOARD_LL hook — OS level keyboard intercept.
Watchdog thread — kills Task Manager in milliseconds.
Focus enforcement loop — lock screen unmovable.
NTFS ACL — files untouchable by anyone.

The result: ATLOCK.

A lock screen with two exits only.
Correct password. Or timer end.

Nothing else works.

119 downloads+ (ATLOCK). Real strangers. No marketing.
270 downloads (Total Akhouri Systems downloads)

Solo. India. 13 years old.
Akhouri Systems
"If anything frustrates you, Then build it"

Free: https://github.com/Akhouri-Anmol-Kumar/ATLOCK

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Dogers

No source, no license, just a 30MB Python binary and a README saying "ignore defender, trust me bro".. sure! 😆

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar

yea for sure, I have no license because currently for your kind information we are running at 0 budget, operating at 0 cost. After first revenue expected by 31august, Then I will purchase license. Till then TRUST ME BRO 😂
If you don't want to trust then it's all your problem not everyone's
Hope you understand