A vivo detection method and device, and a computer program product belong to the technical field of face recognition. The vivo detection method includes the steps of: detecting face actions from shooting images; controlling to display virtual objects on a display screen according to the detected face actions; and when the virtual objects satisfy pre-set conditions, determining the face in the shooting images to be a vivo face. The virtual object display is controlled based on face action and the vivo detection can be performed according to the virtual object display, thus the various attacks of photos, videos, 3D face modes or masks can be effectively prevented.