Need a good free anti-virus for Windows Server 2003

[ColemontHD]

Like the title says, I am looking for a good free anti-virus to use on my Windows 2003 machine. AVG-free doesnt work on server.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Antivir will not work either on server. Maybe the AOL/Kaspersky Antivirus Shield? If that does not work, check Avast! If all else fails.... there is CLAMWIN.

See my sig for more options. I have never really looked to see which ones worked on Server 2k3.

 

[mechBgon]

Also keep in mind that most free antivirus software is only licensed for personal home use, not commercial/business use. ClamAV is probably an exception, I haven't looked into it myself.

 

[ColemontHD]

Anything else? What else would you recommend?

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: ColemontHD
Anything else? What else would you recommend?

I liked VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i a lot. As you can see, it's quite a configurable beast That's an older copy of that page, and I had altered some of the recommendations since making that copy, but if you're an IT pro you probably will know what you want to do with the options anyway.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Antivir will not work either on server. Maybe the AOL/Kaspersky Antivirus Shield? If that does not work, check Avast! If all else fails.... there is CLAMWIN.

See my sig for more options. I have never really looked to see which ones worked on Server 2k3.

You sure?
I have AntiVir running just fine on Server 2003. AVS doesn't though.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: JBT

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Antivir will not work either on server. Maybe the AOL/Kaspersky Antivirus Shield? If that does not work, check Avast! If all else fails.... there is CLAMWIN.

See my sig for more options. I have never really looked to see which ones worked on Server 2k3.

You sure?
I have AntiVir running just fine on Server 2003. AVS doesn't though.

Is it the personal edition? I might have mistaken it with AVG or another version. Many of these free "home" antivirus applictations are rigged not to work with server for it is a business operating system.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: JBT

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Antivir will not work either on server. Maybe the AOL/Kaspersky Antivirus Shield? If that does not work, check Avast! If all else fails.... there is CLAMWIN.

See my sig for more options. I have never really looked to see which ones worked on Server 2k3.

You sure?
I have AntiVir running just fine on Server 2003. AVS doesn't though.

Is it the personal edition? I might have mistaken it with AVG or another version. Many of these free "home" antivirus applictations are rigged not to work with server for it is a business operating system.

yeah the free one. When it does install it says its not supported but it will install and run just fine.

 

[nweaver]

you can afford that OS, but not AV to support it?

 

[ColemontHD]

Well, Bitdefender free doesnt work. I got the link from the free app's link here in the software section of the forums. Any other suggestions? What about the ones I may have to purchase?

 

[mechBgon]

you can afford that OS, but not AV to support it?

Hehe, my thoughts exactly Not to mention the ramifications of a security breach resulting from trying to use freebie home-user antivirus. one IT career, down the drain

Originally posted by: ColemontHD
Well, Bitdefender free doesnt work. I got the link from the free app's link here in the software section of the forums. Any other suggestions? What about the ones I may have to purchase?

VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i? Among other things, it works on 64-bit systems, as well as 32-bit. Call a McAfee rep and see if you can wheedle them into selling you just one license, rather than a big ol' package deal.

If you have a domain, however, check out the McAfee suites that include ePO. Central deployment, management and reporting is awesome.

 

[ColemontHD]

To everyone,

I have the server AT HOME. This is not work. I am trying to learn everything I can about Server, so please don't post her with rude comments. Thanks. As for this thread, I have installed ClamWin, which seems to work great. For those who don't mind helping, do you have any other suggestions?

 

[mechBgon]

Sure. For learning purposes, get a trial version of VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i from here: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://secure.nai.com/apps/downloads/free_evaluations/default.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise">https://secure.nai.com/apps/download......t.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise</a>

And if you want a suggestion on a valuable skill to learn, get the trialwares of ProtectionPilot and ePolicy Orchestrator and learn how to use them to deploy, configure, task and monitor the VirusScan installations.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: nweaver
you can afford that OS, but not AV to support it?

And what AV would you recommend? Antivir is better than any of the pay AV's out there IMO... except maybe Kaspersky...

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: JBT

Originally posted by: nweaver
you can afford that OS, but not AV to support it?

And what AV would you recommend? Antivir is better than any of the pay AV's out there IMO... except maybe Kaspersky...

I disagree. VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i is far more configurable, has buffer-overflow protection, has options that AntiVir users will never see, and you can deploy, configure and monitor eleventy-billion installations of it from one seat without putting down your coffee cup. It's not your poser drama-queen home-user version of VirusScan :evil:

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: JBT

Originally posted by: nweaver
you can afford that OS, but not AV to support it?

And what AV would you recommend? Antivir is better than any of the pay AV's out there IMO... except maybe Kaspersky...

I disagree. VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i is far more configurable, has buffer-overflow protection, has options that AntiVir users will never see, and you can deploy, configure and monitor eleventy-billion installations of it from one seat without putting down your coffee cup. It's not your poser drama-queen home-user version of VirusScan :evil:

agreed...when you talk about enterprise software, you have to look at more then huristics and detection rates, you have to look at cost, cost to deploy/upgrade/maintain as part of the TCO. Paying one admin for a week to install/configure/deploy to 10K machines is a lot cheaper then a minion of A+ geeks with thumbdrives hitting every computer manually...

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: nweaver

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: JBT

Originally posted by: nweaver
you can afford that OS, but not AV to support it?

And what AV would you recommend? Antivir is better than any of the pay AV's out there IMO... except maybe Kaspersky...

I disagree. VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i is far more configurable, has buffer-overflow protection, has options that AntiVir users will never see, and you can deploy, configure and monitor eleventy-billion installations of it from one seat without putting down your coffee cup. It's not your poser drama-queen home-user version of VirusScan :evil:

agreed...when you talk about enterprise software, you have to look at more then huristics and detection rates, you have to look at cost, cost to deploy/upgrade/maintain as part of the TCO. Paying one admin for a week to install/configure/deploy to 10K machines is a lot cheaper then a minion of A+ geeks with thumbdrives hitting every computer manually...

Okay sure in a corporate environment that would be great. Thats what we use at my work as well, but I didn't get from his OP that he was in any type of corporate environtment. I took it that he was a home user with a Server 2003 system.

 

[cw42]

The AOL/Kaspersky, free AVG, and Antivir personal do not work with Server 2k3. And Bitdefender free does not provide real time virus protection.

 

[JBT]

What happens when you guys install Antivir personal on server 2003? Mine says its not supported but it installs just fine....