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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2018
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sharad Mhaske, Maharashtra, IN;
Shrikant Pawar, Mumbai, IN;
NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting and preventing auto-click attacks may include (1) detecting, by the computing device, a click input, (2) detecting, by the computing device, a finger in proximity to the computing device, (3) analyzing, by the computing device, at least one event associated with the finger, (4) determining, by the computing device, that the click input is an auto-click based on the analysis of the at least one event associated with the finger, and (5) performing a security action in response to determining that the click input is an auto-click. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.