CopyLock USB Dongle and COPYLOCK software protection system that allows you to protect SOFTWARE from software copy & piracy. Copylock software protection system offers the most reliable and convenient method of protecting medium to high cost off-the-shelf software application and programs.
CopyLock USB Dongle solution is designed to protect software programs (VB 6.0, VB .NET, VC++ 6.0, VC++ .Net, C#, C Sharp, LABView, Python, Delphi, Java, VFP) and video files (mp4, avi, mpg, wmv, etc.) Advance two layered authentication system, viz., authentication key necessity for DONGLE access and passwords to enable the DONGLE memory data access, copying, illegal distribution and unauthorized use.
Our free COPYLOCK Software Protection System is a software anti-piracy product, that helps the software developers in increasing their revenue by securing their products against unauthorized usage & distribution. The continuous efforts are made to shut the software code tampering/bypassing techniques through regular investigation on the latest hardware and software hacking methods used.
The Copylock Software Protection Dongle is an electronic device designed to work with computer just like any peripheral devices. The Dongle – often referred as Hardware Lock, Hardware Key, Security Dongle, Security Key, Dongle Lock, Dongle Key and Port Lock. Each Dongle Manufacturers have their proprietary electronic circuit design and its usage mechanism. The Dongle providers, provides the mechanism and methods of using their dongle.
Copylock system offers the Dongle for USB (Universal Serial Bus). Until the USB ports were incorporated in computers, the Dongles & any other peripheral devices were available for Serial & Parallel ports. After the release of USB port, almost all the peripheral devices have switched their design to work for this port. The USB port has now become the standard to develop any hardware for computer.
To cater the Single user and Multi user protection requirements of the software developers, following various DONGLE models are available:-
USB port based The application using this model will seek for the presence of the Dongle on local machine’s USB port. This model is the 2nd launch and is the recent version. This model is compatible to USB1.0, 20. & 3.0 standards.
USB port based The application using this model will seek for the presence of the Dongle connected on any machine in Local Area Network (LAN).
This is the most reliable and convenient method of protecting medium to high cost off-the-shelf software. This method is very strong to attacks and does not limit the usage options for a legal software copy.
Dongles are mostly used for protection of commercial software: accounting and inventory management applications, legal and corporate systems, building construction estimates, CAD systems, analytical software, ecological and medical software, etc. Development of such software require heavy investments, therefore the cost of software is high as well, and the loss from illegal distribution is considerable. In this case dongles present the optimal protection means.
COPYLOCK contributes its best in this category of Hardware Protection based on Dongles!!
Dependence on the Unique Computer FeaturesThis protection method is much more resistant to attacks than the previous mentioned and its implementation requires little investment. However, due to the specifics of realization of this protection mechanism, it is the least convenient method for end-users and causes a lot of complaints. A program protected by this method cannot be transported on any other computer and experiences difficulties with upgrading. Usage of such a protection method makes sense when the manufacturer is sure that it will not scare away the customers.
You can purchase CopyLock USB Dongle with the hardware dongle license key. If you choose the latter, we ship you a USB hardware dongle, which will be used to license the software.
CopyLock USB Dongle is a hardware key, this DONGLE is a small electronic hardware device, designed to get plugged on any of the PC's I/O port, acts as an authentication key for a particular piece of software.
The COPYLOCK DONGLES are available to work on Parallel (LPT) port and Universal Serial bus (USB) port. The functionalities for both types of DONGLE are maintained same and the usage from the application is also been kept transparent.
What is COPYLOCK Software Protection System?COPYLOCK is a both ultimate software and hardware based protection system. Copylock is a complete software protection system; provides the hardware key, i.e., DONGLE, and the supporting software components to enable the integration of DONGLE protection in developer’s applications.
In simplest form, the system can be described as… the developers issuing checks for the DONGLE in their program and validate the response to confirm the authorization. If the response is not obtained correct, the application usage is to be treated as illegal by the developers. The incorrect response can be due to one from the several reasons, viz., DONGLE missing, Incorrect DONGLE found, hacking/tampering attempts made, etc.
Why do we need software protection?Developing a software application involves a major investment of time, money and efforts. Software piracy is the illegal reproduction and distribution of software applications, whether for business or personal use. Software piracy denies you the revenue you deserve – and harms your paying customers, who ultimately bear the cost of illegal use of your products.
More & more software developers are looking at developing programs that can secure their findings & profit protection. A secure and reliable solution to profit protection, license control and distribution authorization has become imperative.
Software piracy is inevitable without anti-piracy controls; Now more than ever.... developers need to protect their software!!
What are the different protection methods?Among technical solutions offered for the protection of off-the-shelf software the following several groups can be named.
Usage of specially coated key diskettes and CDs, passwords and registration numbers.
Implementation of these protection methods does not require heavy financial investments, however they cannot guarantee high reliability against attacks. Therefore, this kind of protection is recommended only for cheap software.
The CopyLock USB Dongle and COPYLOCK Software Protection System provides the complete security shell to the software application with minimum efforts overhead for the developers. The state-of-art design of it, keeps the system very easy to use and yet provides the most powerful protection. The salient features illustrated herein can assure the developer… the COPYLOCK as right choice to secure their software application.
The main benefit of a dongle license is its mobility. While the soft license key is activated over the internet and tied to a specific computer, the hardware dongle license does not require activation and can be moved from computer to computer simply by removing the dongle from one computer and plugging it to another.