Checking for AV software on students' machines

[Nathan Hall <hallnk () ONEONTA EDU>]

Now that we have found a way to check students' machines for missing
patches before they are allowed on the network, we are looking to expand
to checking for the presence of updated anti-virus software. This
requires access to the students' machines, so we are looking at using a
web page with a .NET component to perform the check. A few questions:

1) Is anyone else doing something like this currently?
2) How have you implemented this (web page w/ ActiveX/.Net, downloadable
program...)?
3) What do you look for to determine if AV software is present (registry
entries, services, running processes...)?
4) How successful has it been?
5) Pitfalls?

Any other input would be appreciated too. Thanks in advance.

Nathan Hall
System Administrator
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 436-2708

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