With the advent of the network era, more and more criminal cases involving virtual property have occurred. The protection of virtual property has become an issue of urgent concern to the legal profession. However, the current reality is that in the legal regulations and theoretical practice, there is no accurate legal qualification of virtual property. It is urgent and necessary to analyse the legal nature of the virtual property and the corresponding legal interests. At the same time, the criminal law research and protection of the relevant infringement on the basis of the related normative elements have also become one of the urgent issues at the present time. Based on the above, this paper researches and analyses the legal attributes of virtual property in the criminal law protection of virtual property by using the research methods of normative analysis, comparative research and case study. At the same time take into account the inadequacy of the criminal law protection research and analysis. Finally, it provides recommendations for the protection of virtual property in criminal law in the areas of legislation, justice, international cooperation and technical means.