
US Patent No: 7,752,317
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Workstation virus lockdown in a distribution environment
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Jul 6, 2010
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Jul 29, 2002
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10/206,627
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Abstract
Systems and methods for insuring that a client computer has up-to-date virus protection are provided, and include initiating a boot sequence pursuant to a boot image on a client computer for accessing a network, accessing a remote management server according to a preliminary instruction from the boot image, determining whether the client includes a latest virus file and forwarding the latest virus file if the client does not include the latest virus file.
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| 7,549,055 Pre-boot firmware based virus scanner | 10 | 2003 | |
| 2004/0236,960 Pre-boot firmware based virus scanner | 8 | 2003 | |
| 2005/0216,759 Virus scanning of input/output traffic of a computer system | 25 | 2004 | |
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| 5,802,277 Virus protection in computer systems | 46 | 1996 | |
| 6,266,809 Methods, systems and computer program products for secure firmware updates | 72 | 1997 | |
| 6,446,203 Method and system for selecting from multiple boot code images to be loaded in a data processing system | 51 | 1999 | |
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| 6,463,474 Local authentication of a client at a network device | 179 | 1999 | |
| 6,792,474 Apparatus and methods for allocating addresses in a network | 51 | 2000 | |
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| 5,452,454 Generic remote boot for networked workstations by creating local bootable code image | 147 | 1991 | |
| 2002/0199,116 System and method for computer network virus exclusion | 25 | 2001 | |
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| 6,269,456 Method and system for providing automated updating and upgrading of antivirus applications using a computer network | 210 | 2000 | |
| 2003/0163,702 System and method for secure and verified sharing of resources in a peer-to-peer network environment | 20 | 2001 | |
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| 2003/0055,962 System providing internet access management with router-based policy enforcement | 104 | 2001 | |
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| 5,421,009 Method of remotely installing software directly from a central computer | 255 | 1993 | |
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| 7,007,077 Remote maintenance method of an information processing apparatus | 10 | 2000 | |
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| 6,421,777 Method and apparatus for managing boot images in a distributed data processing system | 137 | 1999 | |
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| 6,202,091 Process and apparatus for initializing a computer from power up | 40 | 1997 | |
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| 5,680,547 Method and apparatus for controlling network and workstation access prior to workstation boot | 139 | 1995 | |
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| 5,121,345 System and method for protecting integrity of computer data and software | 127 | 1990 | |
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