JP4428859B2 - Electronic mail signature virus check system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is capable of transmitting / receiving HTML documents such as an electronic mail transmission / reception function operating on a personal computer or a word processor dedicated machine, an electronic mail transmission / reception function of a mobile phone, and the like, and an electronic signature automatic attachment function and other files in the electronic mail. It can be applied to an electronic mail system having a function of attaching and transmitting the above.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a virus check of a file attached to an electronic mail has been executed on a server in a local network environment to which the electronic mail recipient belongs. In addition, a method has been used in which an electronic mail recipient performs a virus check on data stored in a storage device of an electronic mail receiving device such as his computer.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, when the virus check of the file attached to the conventional e-mail is executed on the server in the local network environment to which the e-mail recipient belongs, the mail of all the users existing on the local network is checked. On the other hand, the server has to perform a virus check, resulting in a problem that the load is large.
[0004]
In addition, if the email recipient performs a virus check on the data stored in the storage device of the email receiving device such as his computer, even if the existing file is not infected with a virus, There is a problem that not only the attached file of the received electronic mail but also all the files stored in the storage means have to be checked for viruses, and time and power have to be devoted to useless checks. Therefore, the inventors conducted intensive research and made the following invention.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To solve the above problems, the present invention is capable of transmitting and receiving HTML documents, the electronic signature can be automatically attached in an electronic mail system having the accompanying an electronic mail transmission and reception function files to electronic mail, electronic mail transmission virus software to seal its effect with the user personal information input means, the virus against viruses that destroy the storage means and control functions such as a personal computer to recognize the presence of the required information to the electronic signature of the user the has a call to a vaccine call means, and an electronic signature creation unit configured to create an electronic signature file inserting the vaccine calling means based on the information inputted in the user's personal information input means, the digital signature creation section a digital signature created in said electronic mail sender registered in the electronic mail system Accordingly, the electronic signature created by the digital signature creation means is transmitted, an electronic mail recipient receives an e-mail with attachments the electronic mail sender sent on each said electronic mail sender sends an e-mail in the vaccine calling means automatically when, or the operated by an electronic mail receiver's operation to start the anti-virus software to be held in the anti-virus software or the e-mail recipients themselves, are attachments The present invention provides an electronic mail signature virus check system characterized in that a countermeasure is taken when a computer is infected with a virus.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the present invention, only a file attached to an electronic mail, that is, a file newly entered into a storage device such as its own computer from the outside for the electronic mail recipient is virus-infected by the electronic mail recipient's own computer or the like. Since the check is executed, it is possible to reduce the wasteful time of checking the virus even for files that are known not to be infected with the virus, and at the same time when the virus check reads the email, that is, when the email recipient reads the email. There is an advantage that virus check can be executed in real time.
[0007]
【Example】
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a system configuration and related parties of the electronic mail signature virus check system of the present invention.
[0008]
First, the electronic mail sender 2 uses the user personal information input means 11 managed by the signature creator 1 to display the personal information of the electronic mail sender such as a name and contact information on an input screen shown in FIG. input. Based on the input personal information of the user, the electronic signature creation means 13 creates electronic mail signature data incorporating the vaccine calling means 12. For example, if this vaccine call means 12 is constructed with a button type with graphics data attached, various advertising information is inserted into the graphics data, that is, electronic signature data as shown in FIG. Since the electronic mail sender 2 and the signature creator 1 can obtain an advertisement fee and the like, there will be more opportunities for many users to use it.
[0009]
If the electronic mail sender 2 registers the generated electronic signature data in the automatic signature attaching function of the electronic mail system, the electronic mail document file 21 accompanied with the electronic signature data every time the mail is transmitted. delivery, ie it becomes possible to deliver the vaccine call means 12, always it is possible to transmit the vaccine call means 12 without spending any time.
[0010]
When the electronic mail recipient 3 receives the electronic mail document file 21 accompanied with the electronic signature data, the vaccine calling means 12 attached to the electronic signature data determines whether the attached file is attached to the electronic mail. If so, run the vaccine software against the attached file. The vaccine software may be stored in a computer used by the electronic mail recipient 3 itself. If the vaccine software is not stored, the vaccine software 14 managed by the signature creator 1 is called and executed. It may be. The activation logic of this vaccine software first determines whether there is something stored in the computer used by the electronic mail recipient 3 itself, and if not, the vaccine software 14 managed by the signature creator 1 it is easily realized by setting to call the.
[0011]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, the electronic mail sender 2 sets the electronic signature created by the signature creator 1 as the automatic signature attachment function of the electronic mail system that the electronic mail sender uses, then even itself adds an attachment to an electronic mail to be transmitted, because for that attachment can automatically start the anti-virus software to perform or the determined address is infected with a virus, an electronic mail sender 2 The present invention brings about an excellent effect, such as not being a perpetrator of infection by a virus.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall system configuration diagram of a system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows an input screen configuration as an example of user personal information input means of the system of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a screen configuration as an example of an electronic book name created by the electronic signature creating means of the system of the present invention.

Claims (1)

It can transmit and receive HTML documents, an electronic signature can be automatically attached in an electronic mail system having the accompanying an electronic mail transmission and reception function files to electronic mail,
User personal information input means for inputting information necessary for the electronic signature of the electronic mail sender;
A call to the vaccine call means the anti-virus software to seal its potency to grasp that the virus exists for viruses that destroy the storage means and control functions such as a personal computer,
And an electronic signature creation unit configured to create an electronic signature file inserting the vaccine calling means based on the information inputted in the user's personal information input means,
By the electronic signature created by the digital signature creation means the electronic mail sender is registered in the electronic mail system, created by the digital signature creation means each time said electronic mail sender sends an e-mail electronic signature is sent,
Wherein said vaccine calling means automatically when the electronic mail sender e-mail with attachments to transmit the received e-mail recipients, or actuated by the electronic mail recipients operation,
The anti-virus software or start the anti-virus software to be held in the electronic mail recipients themselves, electronic mail signature virus checking systems File attached to and performs the address if you are infected .

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