System and method for preventing fraud of certification information, and recording medium storing program for preventing fraud of certification information

A method for preventing certification information from fraud, in an information processor having information storage means, comprising:

• providing the information storage means with certification information on each of one or more authentic web pages in association with a user;
• determining whether or not a web page acquisition request from a user includes certification information identical to the certification information provided for the information storage means in association with the user;
• transmitting a trial web page acquisition request to a web server via a communication network when said certification comparison determines that the web page acquisition request from said user includes certification information identical to the certification information provided for the information storage means in association with the user, the trial web page acquisition request being configured to include, as certificate information, trial information different from the certification information included in the web page acquisition request from said user;
• acquiring, from the web server via the communication network, reply web page data that is web page data transmitted as a response to the trial web page acquisition request;
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• outputting an attention message about authenticity together with the acquired reply web page data to a display of a user terminal.

A computer readable recording medium storing a program for preventing certification information from fraud, in an information processor having information storage means, the program, when executed, causing a computer to perform a process comprising:

• providing the information storage means with web page appearance information on each of one or more authentic web pages in association with certification information of the each of one or more authentic web pages, the web page appearance information representing a displayed view of web page data included in a web page;
• acquiring web page data from a web server via a communication network;
• comparing appearance information on the web page data acquired with web page appearance information provided for the information storage means in association with certification information provided for the information storage means, so as to determine similarity between displayed views of the acquired web page data and each of the one or more authentic web pages;
• transmitting a trial web page acquisition request to the web server when the information storage means is determined to include web page appearance information similar to the web page appearance information on the web page data acquired as a result of comparison performed, the web page acquisition request being configured to include the web page data that is acquired and modified to include, as certification information, trial information different from the certification information provided for said information storage means in association with the similar web page appearance information;
• acquiring, from the web server via the communication network, reply web page data that is web page data transmitted as a response to the trial web page acquisition request;
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• outputting an attention message about authenticity together with the acquired reply web page data to a display of a user terminal.

A system for preventing certification information from fraud, comprising:

• acquisition means for acquiring web page data from a web server via a communication network;
• information storage means for providing web page appearance information on each of one or more authentic web pages in association with certification information of the each of one or more authentic web pages, the web page appearance information representing a displayed view of web page data included in a web page;
• appearance comparison means for comparing appearance information on the web page data acquired by said acquisition means with the web page appearance information provided for said information storage means, so as to determine similarity between displayed views of the acquired web page data and web page data included in each of the one or more authentic web pages;
• trial means for transmitting a trial web page acquisition request to the server via the communication network when said information storage means is determined to include web page appearance information similar to the appearance information on the web page data acquired by said acquisition means as a result of comparison performed by said appearance comparison means, the web page acquisition request being configured to include the web page data that is acquired by said acquisition means and modified to include, as certification information, trial information different from the certification information provided for said information storage means in association with the similar web page appearance information;
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• message output means for outputting an attention message about authenticity together with the acquired web page data to a display of a user terminal, wherein
• the acquisition means acquires, from the web server via the communication network, reply web page data that is web page data transmitted as a response to the trial web page acquisition request, and the acquired reply web page data is outputted together with the attention message about authenticity to the display of the user terminal by the message output means.