System and method of monitoring and controlling application files

A system, including one or more processors, for collecting network access data for use in updating a monitoring system which controls a program on a computer from accessing a network based at least in part on information collected from another computer over the network, the system comprising:

• a first workstation management module configured to detect a program on a first workstation accessing a network, determine whether the program is in a first network access database, send program data associated with the program to an application server module if the program is not in the first network access database, and apply one or more policies that are associated with the program;
• the application server module being configured to receive the program data from the first workstation management module if the program was not in the first network access database, determine whether the program is operating in a predetermined manner based at least in part on analyzing past network activity involving the same or relevant programs and text strings associated with the program, if the program is not operating in the predetermined manner, then send the program data to an application database factory, if the program is operating in the predetermined manner, then provide the one or more policies associated with the program to at least a second workstation;
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• a second workstation management module being configured to receive the one or more policies from the application server module and update a second network access database resident on the second workstation.