摘要 |
<p>Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for protecting a terminal by using a power-on password. The method may comprise: after a terminal is powered on and before an operating system is loaded, obtaining a power-on password input by a user on an interface of the terminal; when the power-on password input by the user is the same as a verification password pre-stored in the terminal, loading the operating system of the terminal; and when the times that the user inputs the power-on password not same as the verification password pre-stored in the terminal exceeds the preset number of times, stopping loading the operating system of the terminal. Therefore, by using the present invention, risk of secret leakage can be reduced.</p> |