How to detect antivirus on Windows Server 2008 in C#?

Question

I have seen code samples similar to the following numerous times in my search for an answer:

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Management;

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Answer 1

I faced this problem some time ago for a client and I ended up performing a dictonary search on the local system drivers and processes looking for a pattern of know anti-virus signatures (such as folder names, processes names, etc...) it's not 100% sure because somewhere someone will donwload a brand new anti-virus that you're unware of, but that apart, it was very effective...