JP2000339154A - Computer software illegal install detection system and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To safely and surely detect the illegal use of computer software without allowing a general user to know specific information for detecting illegal install. SOLUTION: An illegal install detecting device 2 contains file information original to a file, software information specific to software to be protected, and computer information specific to a computer for executing the output of the file in output contents to be outputted to a storage medium 3 of the file. At the time of inputting the file from the storage medium 3 by using the software, the illegal install detecting device 2 verifies whether or not the file is prepared due to the illegal use after the illegal install of the software by using the two kinds of specific information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a system for detecting unauthorized installation of computer software, and more particularly, to a system for detecting unauthorized installation of computer software.
The present invention relates to a computer software unauthorized installation detection system that detects a state in which a software program is installed on a plurality of computers, based on a file output by the software program on a storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system for detecting unauthorized use of computer software has been disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-18743.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3 "Electronic Apparatus and Storage Medium", the computer software and the hardware hold a password, and the password is used to prevent unauthorized use.

As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-81382, entitled "Method and System for Preventing Use of Unauthorized Copying of Computer Software", use permission information and a user confirmation number are generated and corresponding to the use permission number Unauthorized use was prevented by inputting a user confirmation number.

As a prior art of an earlier application, a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-191929 "Paid software lock method" provides paid software information to an ID card and the paid software to a user. By comparing the computer information of the computer to be used with the device information of the ID card, and the paid software information of the use request signal with the paid software information of the ID card, illegal operation of the paid software is performed. Use is prevented.

In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-16481, "Information Protection System for External Storage Medium", system identification information stored by the system is added to information stored on a magnetic tape or magnetic disk. Then, the system identification information is confirmed at the time of reading to prevent unauthorized use of the information stored on the magnetic tape or the magnetic disk.

[0006]

However, in the prior art, for example, in the case of the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 10-187433, it is necessary to hold a password in hardware, It was necessary to make all the hardware that could do so keep the PIN.

In the case of the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-81382, if a user confirms a user confirmation number corresponding to a use permission number, unauthorized use cannot be prevented.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to detect an unauthorized installation of computer software more safely and reliably without the general user being informed of unique information for preventing unauthorized installation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems in the conventional computer software unauthorized installation prevention system, and has no fear that a general user may know unique information for preventing unauthorized use. It is an object of the present invention to provide a computer software unauthorized installation prevention system capable of reliably detecting unauthorized use of computer software.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a computer software unauthorized installation detection system, comprising: a computer-specific information attached to each computer software; and a computer-specific information of a computer on which the computer software is installed. Recording information output means for adding to a file generated by software, recording information input means for reading the software specific information and the computer specific information from a file read by the computer software, and software specific information read by the recording information input means And the software-specific information attached to the software matches, and the computer-specific information read by the recording information input means and the software are installed. Is computer-specific information of the computer is characterized in that the and a fraud installation detection means for detecting that do not match.

Further, the computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the present invention is the computer software unauthorized installation detection system described above, wherein a storage unit for storing software-specific information attached to the software and a computer on which the software is installed A storage unit for storing the computer-specific information.

According to the method for detecting unauthorized installation of computer software according to the present invention, the software unique information attached to each computer software and the computer unique information of the computer on which the computer software is installed are converted into a file generated by the computer software. A recording information output step to be added; a recording information input step of reading the software specific information and the computer specific information from a file read by the computer software; a software specific information read in the recording information input step; And the software unique information read in the recording information input step and the software are installed. And fraud installation detection step of detecting that the computer-specific information for the computer does not match that have, characterized in that it comprises a.

[0013] The computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium that generates a computer-specific information attached to each computer software and a computer-specific information of a computer on which the computer software is installed. Recording information output means for adding to a file to be read, recording information input means for reading the software specific information and the computer specific information from a file read by the computer software, software specific information read by the recording information input means, and the software And the computer-specific information read by the record information input means and the computer in which the software is installed. And characterized by recording a program for functioning as a fraud installation detection means for detecting that the computer-specific information of data do not match.

[0014] The computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention is the computer-readable recording medium described above, wherein the computer functions as the recording information output means, the recording information input means, and the unauthorized installation detection means. The program is incorporated in the computer software.

Further, in the computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention, the computer software generates software-specific information attached to each computer software and computer-specific information of a computer on which the computer software is installed. A file recorded together with the data is recorded.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The system for detecting unauthorized installation of computer software according to the present embodiment includes a keyboard for inputting an operation command for the entire system and predetermined application software (hereinafter, abbreviated as "software") which is protected from unauthorized installation. An input device 1 that generically includes an input device for loading a recorded medium, and an unauthorized installation detection device 2 that operates under program control
A storage medium 3 for recording a file (for example, a business file such as a document file, a spreadsheet file, and a research and development material file) to which additional file information for preventing fraud described below output from software is added; And an output device 4 such as a display or a printing device for outputting a message at the time of installation detection.

The system for detecting unauthorized installation of computer software according to the present embodiment determines whether software with file output has been installed illegally and then installed in an unauthorized manner. The detection is performed by verifying additional file information added to the output file for preventing fraud, which will be described later.

The storage medium 3 stores a file including additional file information in addition to normal file information (not shown) output by the software. The storage unit for the additional file information in the file includes a computer unique information storage unit 31 and a software unique information storage unit 32. However, illustration of an input / output device for inputting and outputting data to and from the storage medium 3 is omitted.

The computer-specific information storage section 31 stores the specific information of the computer in which the software is installed. For example, the identifier is a CPU identifier, an Ethernet card identifier, or the like.

The software specific information storage unit 32 stores the specific information of the installation medium of the software. The unique information is not the information of the type of software, but a serial number or the like assigned to each piece of software.

The unauthorized installation detecting device 2 includes a recording information input unit 21 described below, an unauthorized installation detecting unit 22,
And a recording information output unit 23.

The recording information input section 21 stores the computer specific information and the software specific information storage section 32 stored in the computer specific information storage section 31 by using the storage medium 3 and the file name input from the input device 1 as keys. Enter the software-specific information provided.

The unauthorized installation detecting section 22 uses the computer-specific information and the software-specific information input by the recorded information input information section 21 to store the storage medium 3.
Check whether the file output above was output by illegally installed software. If the file output on the storage medium 33 is output by software that has been improperly installed, a message indicating that improper installation has been detected is output to the output device 4.

The recording information output unit 23 has software installed as additional file information of a file output on the storage medium 33 upon execution of a software file output instruction input from the input device 1. The computer-specific information of the computer is stored in the computer-specific information storage unit 31, and its own software-specific information is stored in the software-specific information storage unit 32.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer software unauthorized installation detection system check execution stage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the above-described check execution stage, the storage medium 3
It is assumed that the above file has already been output depending on the software to be protected.

The operation of the computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the present embodiment at the check execution stage will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 and the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step A1, the software program requests the recording information input unit 21 to read a file. In A2, using the storage medium name and the file name input from the input device 1 as keys, the recording information input unit 21 causes the additional file information unit of the file output on the storage medium 3 (that is, as shown in FIG. The computer-specific information of the computer-specific information storage unit 31 and the software-specific information of the software-specific information storage unit 32 are read from the computer 31 and the application-specific information storage unit 32), and these unique information are read by the unauthorized installation detection unit 22. To send to.

Next, in step A3, the software-specific information input by the recording information input unit 21 and
A check is made to determine whether or not the software-specific information of the software on the currently operating computer (the computer that checks for unauthorized installation) matches.
If the software-specific information matches, the process proceeds to the following check processing step, step A4. Otherwise, if the software-specific information does not match, the control flow proceeds to step A6.

In step A4, it is checked whether or not the computer unique information input by the record information input unit 21 matches the computer unique information of the currently operating computer.

Here, if the above-mentioned software unique information matches but the computer unique information does not match, it indicates that the same software is installed and used by a plurality of computers.

Therefore, if the computer-specific information does not match in the check in step A4, a message indicating that unauthorized installation has been detected is output to the output device 4 in step A5.

If the software-specific information is different or the software-specific information is the same and the computer-specific information is the same, the process (usually using the above software Processing) is continued.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the embodiment of the present invention at the stage of writing various kinds of unique information to the storage medium 3.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 1 and the flowchart of FIG. 3, the computer software unauthorized installation detecting system according to the present embodiment will be described with additional file information (ie, The operation at the stage of writing the computer 31 and the application specific information storage unit 32) shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

First, in step A31, the recording information output unit 23 requests the operation system to write various kinds of unique information upon execution of a command to write a file of the target software to the storage medium 3 as a trigger.

First, in step A31, the software program requests the recording information output unit 23 to write a file.

Subsequently, in step A32, the recording information output unit 23 which has received the request stores the additional file information of the file output on the storage medium 3 in an area for storing the additional file information.
The software unique information of the software program is written in the software unique information storage unit 32, and the computer unique information of the computer on which the software program is installed is written in the computer unique information storage unit 31, respectively.

Thus, in addition to the original information of the file, the above-mentioned various kinds of unique information are written as one set in the file output on the storage medium 3.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The software A (41) is a computer A
It is assumed that (42) and computer B (43) are installed. This state is an illegal state because the same software is installed on a plurality of computers. The installation on the computer A (42) is illegal or the computer B (43)
It doesn't matter if the installation on the is illegal.

Since "A001" of the software-specific information on the software A (41) is included in the software itself, the storage area of the storage device in which the software itself is installed for both the computer A (42) and the computer B (32). Has been written to. Computer A (42), Computer B (43)
As described above, the computer specific information is included in the CPU and the Ethernet card. However, the software unique information and the computer unique information of the computer A (43) may be stored in the storage device of the computer A (43).
The areas where these are stored are referred to as a software specific information area (431) and a computer specific information area 432.
The same applies to the computer B (43).

Hereinafter, the operation of the computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the embodiment shown in FIG.

In the following description, software A (41)
Software specific information is “A001”, the specific information of computer A (42) is “Axxx1”, and the specific information of computer B (42) is “Bxxx1”.

First, in step A41, software A (41) is installed in computer A (42). At the time of the installation, the installation program attached to the software that has executed the installation stores the software unique information “A001” regarding the software A (41) in the software unique information area 431, and “Axxx1” of the unique information of the computer A (42). Are stored in the computer-specific information area 432, and the recording information output unit 421 is set. The storage of the software-specific information and the computer-specific information may be performed by the software program itself. Further, for the reasons described above, it is not necessary to store them in a specially prepared area. However, even in this case, the software-specific information area is in the area where the software is installed, and the computer-specific information area is in the CPU of the computer, in the Ethernet card, or the like.

Next, in step A42, upon execution of the file output instruction in the installed software A (41), the recording information output unit 23 outputs the additional file information in the file when outputting the file. The unique information of the software A (41) in the software unique information area 431 is stored in the storage area (the software unique information storage unit 32 and the computer unique information storage unit 31).
That is, “A0001” and the computer-specific information area 43
2 outputs the unique information of the computer A (42), that is, “Axxx1”. At this point, "A001" and "Axxx1" have been written in the file of the storage medium 44.

Next, in step A43, the process shifts to a stage in which the file written on the storage medium 44 by using the computer A (42) is read by the computer B (43) of the software A (41).

First, in step A43, the record information input section 21 of the computer B (43)
The computer-specific information “Axxx” existing in the recording units (the computer-specific information storage unit 31 and the application-specific information storage unit 32) that store the additional file information of the file on the storage medium 44 created by (42).
1 ”and software-specific information“ A001 ”are read, respectively, and the unauthorized installation detection unit 22 is subsequently operated.

In the unauthorized copy detecting section 22, first, the read software unique information "A001" and the software A (4
Compare “A001” of the software specific information relating to 1). In this operation example, they match, so
The computer-specific information “Axxx1” read from the storage medium 44 by the recording information input unit 21 and the currently operating computer (that is, the computer B (43))
With the computer-specific information “Bxxx1”. In this operation example, it is determined that unauthorized installation has been performed because the computer-specific information does not match. That is, it is determined that the software A (41) is installed in at least two computers.

When the unauthorized installation is detected, a message indicating that the unauthorized installation has been detected is output to the output device 4.

The message can include the computer-specific information “Axxx1”, which is one of the additional file information, whereby the computer that has executed the illegal copy, that is, the computer A (42) is determined. be able to.

Note that the method according to the above-described embodiment can also be realized by a computer reading and executing the program from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM in which a program for causing the computer to execute the method is recorded. .

The system according to the above embodiment is
The present invention can also be realized by a computer reading and executing the program from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM in which a program for causing the computer to function as each unit of the system is recorded.

At this time, usually, the CPU of the computer is used.
After the program is once transferred from the recording medium to the main memory by the operating system, the program is read from the main memory and executed.

The above program may be generated by a text file in which an interpreter-format instruction is described, and an interpreter which reads this file and converts it into an execution instruction.

[0058]

According to the present invention described above, a file output on a storage medium by software as computer software is installed as additional file information together with the original information of the file by the action of the software. By writing the computer unique information of the previous computer and the unique information of the software, the output file is subjected to input processing by the software to determine whether the software has been illegally installed on a plurality of computers. At that point, you can check.

Also, by the operation of the above software, the computer that has been authorized to install the software can
It is also possible to prevent a file output by installing the software and executing the output processing program from being illegally used by another computer.

Further, since the various types of unique information for preventing unauthorized installation are concealed information that is not likely to be known to general users, it is necessary to detect unauthorized installation of computer software safely and reliably. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation in a check execution stage of the computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of a stage in which the computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the embodiment of the present invention writes various kinds of unique information on the storage medium 3;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 2 Unauthorized installation detection device 3,44 Storage medium 21,422 Recorded information input unit 22,423 Unauthorized installation detection unit 23,421 Recorded information output unit 31 Computer unique information storage unit 32 Software unique information storage unit 41 Software A 42 Computer A 43 Computer B

Claims (6)

[Claims] Recording information output means for adding software-specific information attached to individual computer software and computer-specific information of a computer in which the computer software is installed to a file generated by the computer software; Recording information input means for reading the software-specific information and the computer-specific information from a file read by computer software; and the software-specific information read by the recording-information input means and the software-specific information attached to the software match. And an unauthorized instrument for detecting that the computer unique information read by the record information input means does not match the computer unique information of the computer on which the software is installed. Computer software fraud installation detection system comprising: the Le detecting means. 2. The computer software unauthorized installation detection system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores software unique information attached to the software, and stores the computer unique information of a computer on which the software is installed. A computer software unauthorized installation detection system, further comprising a storage unit. 3. A recording information output step of adding software unique information attached to each computer software and computer unique information of a computer in which the computer software is installed to a file generated by the computer software; A recording information input step of reading the software-specific information and the computer-specific information from a file read by computer software; and the software-specific information read in the recording-information input step matches the software-specific information attached to the software. And detecting that the computer unique information read in the recording information input step does not match the computer unique information of the computer on which the software is installed. Computer software illegal installation detection method characterized by comprising: a fraud installation detection step that, a. 4. A recording information output means for adding a computer to software-specific information attached to individual computer software and computer-specific information of a computer on which the computer software is installed to a file generated by the computer software. Recording information input means for reading the software-specific information and the computer-specific information from a file read by the computer software; software-specific information read by the recording-information input means and software-specific information attached to the software And that the computer-specific information read by the record information input means does not match the computer-specific information of the computer on which the software is installed. A computer-readable recording medium characterized by recording a program for functioning that as fraud and installation detection means. 5. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 4, wherein a program for causing a computer to function as said recording information output means, said recording information input means, and said unauthorized installation detection means is incorporated in said computer software. A computer readable recording medium characterized by being recorded. 6. A file in which software-specific information attached to individual computer software and computer-specific information of a computer on which the computer software is installed are recorded together with data generated by the computer software. A computer-readable recording medium characterized by the above-mentioned.