USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL

The present invention relates to the field of terminal technologies and provides a user authentication method and terminal, where the method includes: acquiring an authentication interaction object and an interference interaction object after an authentication request is received, where the authentication interaction object is a real interaction object stored in a terminal, the interference interaction object is a virtual interaction object constructed by the terminal, and the interference interaction object has a similar feature with the authentication interaction object, so as to cause interference to a user when the user is selecting the authentication interaction object; displaying the authentication interaction object and the interference interaction object in an authentication interface for the user to select from; receiving a selection result and determining whether the selection result is the authentication interaction object; and determining, when the selection result is the authentication interaction object, that authentication succeeds. By using the present invention, both an anti-attack capability of a terminal and user experience can be improved.