Active validation of network devices

A system for validating computing devices in a network game environment comprising:

• a computing device configured to monitor one or more computing devices playing a game in a network game environment;
• a query engine in communication with the monitoring computing device, the query engine configured to pose at least one query to the one or more computing devices play the game and to receive a response to the at least one query;
• an analysis engine in communication with the query engine, the analysis engine configured to determine whether the one or more computing devices are valid based on the response to the at least one query;
• and
• a storage medium configured to store an indication that the one or more computing devices are validated based on the response to the at least one query, wherein the query engine is further configured to send fewer queries to a validated computing device than to a computing device that has not been validated.

A computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor for performing a method validating network game users, the method comprising:

• monitoring one or more users playing a game in a network game environment;
• sending at least one query to the one or more users;
• receiving a response to the at least one query;
• determining whether the one or more users are valid based on the response to the at least one query;
• recording the one or more users as validated based on the response to the at least one query;
• and
• sending fewer queries to a validated user than to a user that has not been validated.