Patent ID: 8621077
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: providing a configuration procedure for an antivirus program to determine which parameters of a security policy have changed; creating a self-contained configuration file based on the changed security policy parameters and underlying security programs that are affected by the changed security policy parameters; determining which of the underlying security programs are affected based on the determined changed security policy parameters; encapsulating the changed parameters and execution instructions associated with the affected programs to create the self-contained configuration file; providing the self-contained configuration file in an e-mail to be communicated over a network from a server to a client device for subsequent installation at the client device, wherein a login script, which was previously modified on the client device, is provided to search for updated self-contained configuration files as part of a client login procedure, and wherein detection of the updated self-contained configuration files results in an application of particular parameters of the updated self-contained configuration files being applied against corresponding security software of the client device to replicate the security policy, and wherein the self-contained configuration file includes a first instruction that renders the self-contained configuration file unusable by the client device after a certain period of time, and wherein the self-contained configuration file includes a second instruction for deleting the self-contained configuration file once it is executed; and receiving an error message if the self-contained configuration file is not installed on the client device.