1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining that a group of avatars are controlled by an automated computer program code based on predetermined attributes of the group of avatars; determining that the automated computer program code has issued commands that cause the group of avatars to be disposed in a formation in a virtual environment in a manner that visually matches a prohibited pattern when viewed from an aerial perspective; and performing, by operation of a computer processor, a remedial action to disrupt the current disposition of the group of avatars.