Systems and methods for protecting users

A system for protecting users, the system comprising:

• a display module, stored in memory, that:
• displays, through a graphical user interface for a third-party security application executing within an operating system environment, a button for a user to select;
• displays, through the graphical user interface, a prompt that prompts the user to select the button in order to receive a reward;
• a configuration module, stored in memory, that configures the graphical user interface such that selecting the button triggers both a conspicuous response that provides access to the reward and a more hidden response that initiates application of a security service to protect the user;
• a performance module, stored in memory, that performs, based on receiving a selection of the button, both the conspicuous response and the more hidden response;
• and
• at least one physical processor configured to execute the display module, the configuration module, and the performance module;
• wherein:
• the operating system environment comprises a mobile operating system environment that places a limit on an ability of the third-party security application to autonomously perform the more hidden response without user intervention;
• and
• the graphical user interface displaying the button prompts the user to provide the user intervention such that the limit on the ability of the third-party security application to autonomously perform the more hidden response is circumvented.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a physical processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

• displaying, through a graphical user interface for a third-party security application executing within an operating system environment, a button for a user to select;
• displaying, through the graphical user interface, a prompt that prompts the user to select the button in order to receive a reward;
• configuring the graphical user interface such that selecting the button triggers both a conspicuous response that provides access to the reward and a more hidden response that initiates application of a security service to protect the user;
• and
• performing, based on receiving a selection of the button, both the conspicuous response and the more hidden response;
• wherein:
• the operating system environment comprises a mobile operating system environment that places a limit on an ability of the third-party security application to autonomously perform the more hidden response without user intervention;
• and
• the graphical user interface displaying the button prompts the user to provide the user intervention such that the limit on the ability of the third-party security application to autonomously perform the more hidden response is circumvented.