Systems and methods for providing persistent visual warnings for application launchers

A system for providing persistent visual warnings for an application launcher, the system comprising:

• at least one physical processor;
• physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:
• load the application launcher into a sandbox;
• monitor one or more functions of an application launched from the sandbox from the application launcher;
• query a malware detection manager using information obtained from monitoring the one or more functions of the application to determine whether the application is potentially harmful;
• modify, based on determining that the application is potentially harmful, an icon for the application to notify a user that the application is potentially harmful;
• monitor one or more functions of a different application launched from the sandbox from the application launcher;
• determine, using information obtained from monitoring the one or more functions of the different application, that an attribute of the different application has exceeded a threshold;
• modify, based on determining that the attribute of the different application has exceeded the threshold, an icon for the different application to notify the user that the different application has exceeded the threshold;
• and
• in response to determining that the attribute of the different application no longer exceeds the threshold, restore the icon of the different application to an original state.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• load an application launcher into a sandbox;
• monitor one or more functions of an application launched from the sandbox from the application launcher;
• query a malware detection manager using information obtained from monitoring the one or more functions of the application to determine whether the application is potentially harmful;
• modify, based on determining that the application is potentially harmful, an icon for the application to notify a user that the application is potentially harmful;
• monitor one or more functions of a different application launched from the sandbox from the application launcher;
• determine, using information obtained from monitoring the one or more functions of the different application, that an attribute of the different application has exceeded a threshold;
• modify, based on determining that the attribute of the different application has exceeded the threshold, an icon for the different application to notify the user that the different application has exceeded the threshold;
• and
• in response to determining that the attribute of the different application no longer exceeds the threshold, restore the icon of the different application to an original state.