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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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Konrad-Von-Herren

✗ No digital signature verification

✗ No source code audit possible

✗ Uncontrolled system-level access

✗ Network communication with unknown purpose

✗ Potential for data exfiltration via keyboard hooks
Copilot on github recommded DO NOT USE.

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar

OK so as per copilot just you don't use it. okay?
This app is built for those who wanted to have it.
Not for people who take permissions from copilot. 😂
SO, DONT USE IT. OKAY Konrad-von-herren? 🫵

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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

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Paulina Cortes

WTF !!!!