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xxcom9a · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:28 pm

Legend: Works - Works with workarounds - Doesn't work

Works:
-Avast! Home Edition
-Comodo Anti-Virus
-ESET Smart Security Business Edition
-Gdata InternetSecurity 2010
-PC Tools Internet Security 2010
-Kaspersky Anti-Virus(Workaround)
-Avira AntiVir Personal Edition
-AVG Internet Security SBS Edition
-Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.4 works as long as you only use the Anti-Virus components. The threat protection packages do not play well in server OS’s.
-VIPRE
-AVG 8.x http://www.win2008workstation.com/win20 ... mment-2002 addition http://www.win2008workstation.com/win20 ... mment-2415 NOTE: #comment-162

Doesn't Work:
-Microsoft Security Essentials Beta (Final version doesn't work ethier)
-ESET Home Editions
-Zone Alarm Extreme Security
-AVG Free 9.0 Beta
-BitDefender Internet Security 2009
-BitDefender Internet Security 2010
-F-Secure Internet Security 2010

Strikethrough - On the Windows Server 2008 R2 Security Software Compatibility List

Just so it is easier for me to update the tables, please follow this form so I don't have to go digging through Google for websites:

Code:

Program Name:
Website:
Compatible?:
Issues:
Fix:

DMikeM · **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:05 pm

Eset4 Nod32 Business works. Eset3 did not

moosh101 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:00 pm

Code:

Program Name: AVG Internet Security SBS Edition
Website: http://www.avg.com/product-avg-internet-security-sbs-edition
Compatible?: Yes
Issues: None
Fix: None

Indrek · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:58 pm

Installing Avira AntiVir Personal Edition on Windows Server 2008 R2:

http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/windows-server-2008-as-superworkstation wrote:

1.) Start –> Run –> Regedit
2.) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –> SYSTEM –> CurrentControlset –> Control
3.) Now change the permissions of the folder “ProductOptions” –> add your user account (for example Computername\Username) and deny yourself the read rights for the whole folder. Be careful not to deny the whole rights for all administrators or something like that (I tried that first cause of a black out and it leads to windows not being able to boot).
4.) Now you should be able to install Antivir PE

In case you want to revert the permission settings just log to your administrator account. Here you can again grant your user account full rights for “ProductOptions”.

Program Name: Avira AntiVir Personal Edition
Website: http://www.freeav.com
Compatible: yes, with a hack
Issues: installer throws an error saying the product cannot be installed on a server OS
Fix: http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/0 ... orkstation (scroll down to comment #2; article is about Server 2008, but the workaround described works on R2 as well)

xxcom9a · **Posted:** Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:50 pm

Thanks, I will update the table shortly.

JingoFresh · **Joined:** Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:01 am **Posts:** 127

I will say that on R2, security software is quite unnecessary. Run as a standard user with a tight security policy, stay up to date with patches, and use a secure sandboxed browser, and you really won't have a problem. For the odd file you wish to check, you can use virustotal.com

xxcom9a · **Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:59 pm

VirusTotal only allows ~10MB files if I remember correctly.

JingoFresh · **Joined:** Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:01 am **Posts:** 127

Sure, but what single file do you want to check that will be larger than 10mb? If your documents and such are already infected, then you should use an AV. However, that can be avoided by following good security practices and checking the odd file with VT.

xxcom9a · **Posted:** Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:26 pm

JingoFresh wrote:

Sure, but what single file do you want to check that will be larger than 10mb?

There are plenty of files that are over 10MB that you may want to check for viruses (example: e-mail attachments). Also, you don't want too tight of security because then you will have something like Vista. :lol:

JingoFresh · **Joined:** Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:01 am **Posts:** 127

xxcom9a wrote:

There are plenty of files that are over 10MB that you may want to check for viruses (example: e-mail attachments). Also, you don't want too tight of security because then you will have something like Vista. :lol:

Hmm. I would think that for stuff sent via email, it would be available elsewhere, and it it were a document, it would be stuff like macro security you would have to worry about. Even so, in the rare event you did get a virus, with a good security policy it won't be able to do anything anyway.

You can check and monitor suspicious files with the sysinternals utilities as well. Besides, your mail servers should also be doing virus checking, and not sending large attachments via email. Sorry...I work in that industry, so tend to have stronger opinions than most.

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