Security in Desktop Applications

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Hi
I have program "VB desktop application" ...
I don't want to allow the user to copy the program (.exe) and install it on another PC
(Wanna to protect the copy right of the program and not allow to copy it.they just can get it from the owner)
Any Idea?

Posted 13-Sep-12 12:38pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Sep-12 19:04pm

How this is related to security? This is some kind of "unsecurity" -- for your customer :-)
--SA

[no name] 13-Sep-12 19:22pm

Plenty of ideas. More to the point, what have you tried and what is your question?

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Abhai Oza · Answer 1 · 2012-09-13T19:22:00

There Are Different way to use.
1).Your application first time rum to store hard disk or ram no store in DB after any time open your software to Check this condition. if Different not open your exe.
2).Set Register Setting.
3).Any Manual Check this Code for Eg:-Any Drive Any bak file and check this bak file.

Christian Graus · Answer 2 · 2012-09-13T13:41:00

The only reliable way to do this, is to require the user to be online, and verify via identifying information like the NIC id, that the machine is licensed. Even then, as your app is VB.NET, it can be decompiled and your security layer removed. My experience is that you'd do better to make your paying users happy, than to try to wage war on them to stop piracy.

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