Remote monitoring of computer programs

A distributed computer system, comprising:

• a server computer;
• a client computer in communication with the server computer;
• and
• a computer program running on the client computer that has been modified to include at least one monitoring instruction that collects and sends data regarding execution of the computer program to the server computer.

A computer program product for remotely monitoring execution of a computer program, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium storing the computer program comprising:
• code that calls at least one monitoring instruction, the at least one monitoring instruction collecting data regarding the execution of the computer program;
• and
• code that sends the collected data to a remote system.

In a computer system, a method of remotely monitoring execution of a computer program, comprising:

• modifying the computer program to include at least one monitoring instruction;
• executing the computer program;
• the at least one monitoring instruction saving a call stack and a module list of the computer program;
• generating a module name/relative virtual address (RVA) list from the call stack and the module list;
• and
• sending the module name/RVA list to a remote system.

A computer program product for remotely monitoring execution of a computer program, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium storing the computer program comprising:
• code that calls at least one monitoring instruction that saves a call stack and a module list of the computer program;
• code that generates a module name/relative virtual address (RVA) list from the call stack and the module list;
• and
• code that sends the module name/RVA list to a remote system.