Provided are a living-body detection method and device and a computer program product, belonging to the technical field of face recognition. The living-body detection method comprises: detecting a facial movement from a photograph image; according to said detected facial movement, controlling the display of a virtual object on a display screen; and, if said virtual object satisfies predetermined conditions, determining that the face in said photographed image is a living-body face. By controlling virtual-object display on the basis of face movements and performing living-body detection according to virtual-object display, it is possible to effectively prevent an attack using such means as photograph, video, 3D face model, or face mask.