Hi,

Isn't telling you at every boot up that your copy of W2K8-R2 isn't genuine annoying enough?

Besides that it tells you it will stop working after 30 days. So what do you do?

Obviously MS gor wind of our clever little trick... Can't really blame them.

Easiest workaround is to dump an image containing the older version of MSE and block the upgrade. Works for me.

Cheers,

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Well, I've ditched MSE and gone back to Avira. Only hiccup was that Avira version 10 no longer seems to check the ProductOptions key, so the registry hack doesn't work. Version 9.0.0.418 seems to be the last version for which the hack works. Get it from here:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_antivir/6685

Only problem is that support for version 9 will end on 30.09, but I'm hoping someone will have figured out a way to install it on R2 by then.

I have Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0 with MalwareBytes 1.45 fully working.

Just a heads up, you can pick up a single usage OEM copy of SEP 11 off newegg.com for $39.99 which isn't a bad deal.

Program Name: Bitdefender Internet Security 2010
Website: http://www.bitdefender.com
Compatible?: No
Issues: Won't install on Server (Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2)
Fix: Yes
- Download install file from:


- Extract it ( I used 7zip)

- After extract, open bdis.msi with Orca


- On Launch Condition, drop line:

- Save it, run Setup.exe

- Choose Custom Install

- Don't check Disable DNS Cache, Turn of Windows Firewall, Turn off Windows Defender.

I think a workaround may help.

I found that version 10 is unable to install on 2k8 R2 today so I go here to find any solution. But I found Indrek have pointed out this issue.

However, I found that using version 10 via upgrade from verison 9 is still possible.
I have installed version 9 after installation of 2k8 R2, and I have upgraded to version 10 without any problem. Also I have tried to upgrade from free version to security suite, and no pop up found, but all components will be installed during upgrade, you can only remove any components via "change" in control panel.
So I wonder it maybe possible to install version 9 first, then upgrade it to version 10. I don't know if it works on yours 2k8 R2 or not.
And direct installation of version 10, hope there will be work around soon.

You mean upgraded from within Avira, as opposed to downloading the new version manually? How do you do that? I looked around in the program but didn't find a way to upgrade the product version.

Sorry for my poor English.

I mean first install the Avira AntiVir Personal version 9, whereever you downlaod or get it, first, and it should be okay using the work around posted at 1st page of this thread.

Then download the newest version, and it should be version 10. Double click it to install. I thought that as it detects an older version of Avira had installed on the system, so it directly upgrade the product without letting you to choose express or manually setting like what we can do in clean installation.

Avira doesn't do such upgrades, the installer will first remove the older version and then install the new one. Unless they've changed that behaviour with version 10, of course.
I'm downloading v10 right now and will try it out, but I doubt it'll work.

Edit: well paint me red and call me grandma, it works! Looks like upgrading bypasses the OS version check. Avira 10 is running and everything (updating, scanning, detecting) seems to work. Thanks for the tip!

Yup that works a treat, on both 32bit and 64 bit versions of all server oses.

AWESOME.

I found that the copy of MSE on Microsoft Security Essentials won't install due to incompatible OS. I was going to try the trick with using WinDbg to modify the setup file which didn't work either.

So, I decided to go check out the new MSE 2.0 beta on Microsoft Connect. Installs perfectly fine and runs just as well. I don't even notice a degradation in speed.

I downloaded it from Connect and uploaded to Mediafire for you all to enjoy. You shouldn't have any problems. I'm using Server 2008 R2 Standard with all updates and no SP1 beta.

Link: MSE 2.0 beta x64