System and methods for protecting users from malicious content

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

• displaying a login screen on a display component of a mobile device, wherein the login screen comprises viewable content;
• determining a user input received by the mobile device, wherein the user input corresponds to an indication of trust associated with the viewable content of the login screen;
• generating one or more system interrupts with the login screen based at least on the indication of trust;
• and
• terminating, without turning off the mobile device, the displaying of the login screen and performing one or more actions based at least on the one or more system interrupts, wherein the performing the one or more actions comprises:
• causing the mobile device to execute trusted software instructions;
• or
• electronically scanning for malicious code within the mobile device.

A machine-implemented method, comprising:

• generating a login screen on a touch screen of a mobile device, wherein the login screen comprises viewable content;
• determining a user input received by the mobile device, wherein the user input corresponds to an indication of trust associated with the viewable content of the login screen;
• generating one or more system interrupts with the login screen based at least on the indication of trust;
• and
• terminating, without shutting down the mobile device, a display of the viewable content of the login screen and performing one or more actions based at least on the one or more system interrupts, wherein the performing the one or more actions comprises:
• causing the mobile device to execute trusted software instructions;
• or
• electronically scanning for malicious code within the mobile device.