Identification method and device for application archives

The invention discloses an identification method and device for application archives, and belongs to the technical field of computers. The method comprises the following steps of receiving the application archives uploaded by all clients and extracting characteristic information of each application archive; matching the characteristic information of each application archive with a pre-established database comprising the characteristic information of the application archives and attribute information of the application archives; identifying the application archives according to matching results. The characteristic information of each application archive is extracted, the characteristic information of each application archive is matched with the pre-established database comprising the characteristic information of the application archives and the attribute information of the application archives, and the attribute information of each application archive is determined according to the matching results, so that the application archives are identified. The identification process is achieved according to the fact that the characteristic information of each application archive is matched with the pre-established database, no people need to participate, labor cost is saved, and the efficiency of identifying the application archives is high.