Patent ID: 7730481

Claim:
A method of anti-virus software implementation for a network, the method executed by program code loaded into a computer, the method comprising: detecting a connection message broadcasted by a network client on a network to request connection to the network; determining a network address of the network client based on the connection messages; and using the network address, verifying if the network client has installed anti-virus software by sending to the network client a first set of packets containing data for verifying presence of a particular anti-virus software in the network client, if the particular anti-virus software is present and running in the network client, waiting for the particular anti-virus software itself to receive and recognize the first set of packets to respond to the first set of packets, and if the particular anti-virus software is not present or not running in the network client, sending to the network client a second set of packets containing data for verifying presence of another anti-virus software in the network client.