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Robert Koritnik
Asked: 2009-08-19 06:32:32 +0800 CST

Realtime antivirus software for Windows Server 2008 R2

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Microsoft's Forefront Client Security doesn't install on Windows Server 2008 R2. I'm talking specifically about FCS without update server that updates via Windows Update:

clientsetup /nomom

This installation doesn't work on a server operating system. Hence the question.

So the question is: Which realtime antivirus is Windows Server 2008 R2 installable?

windows-server-2008-r2

8 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    We like NOD32 http://www.eset.com/ has a centralized management console, push installation and global rules that can be configured from a admin location.

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  2. Your question is exceptionally poorly phrased. "Doesn't work" tells us nothing. Is there an installation problem? Is it giving run-time errors? Is it that a virus got through?

    To Channel the IT crowd "Please state the precise nature of the problem".

    Assuming the issue is that a virus got through - that can always happen. No AV is perfect because they can only detect known threats. Those threats only become "known" AFTER they have infected machines. They are purely re-active, so they can never be perfect.

    Also, there are technique attackers use to disguise even known malware through "packing", so even known threats can be disguised to get through AV.

    There is no silver bullet.

    Sorry.

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  3. Newer versions of Forefront Client Security will install on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64. I just finished an install today of a standalone, get-updates-from-Windows-Update installation of Forefront Client Security on W2008 R2 and it worked fine.

    Note that you'll need to run the clientsetup /nomom in the \CLIENT\x64\ directory of the installation media. The clientsetup.exe in the \CLIENT\ folder won't install on a 64-bit OS.

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  4. We're pretty happy with the offerings from F-Secure. We use it on workstations, servers and mobiles.

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  5. Well first of all make sure not to go to suspicious websites. install mcafee and update it EVERY 12 hours!

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  6. If you're specifying Windows Update - that's only going to distribute to Microsoft products. Ruling out MS AV makes this a self-canceling question, unfortunately.

    My humble suggestion would be that if you need 2008 server on your workstation, do your web browsing from within a virtual, where you can install a client OS - which will be supported by a huge array of AV clients. Fitting a square peg into a round hole doesn't seem worth it.

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  7. Probably a real shortage of released products that work with 2008 R2 at the moment, but Kaspersky has a release candidate available of their Kaspersky Antivirus 6.0 MP4 product, release notes here stating Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 support. You can grab a version for testing.

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  8. Clamwin works on Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

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