To protect your computer against viruses and hacking attempts you have to install security software. This page will list all sofware that is known to be compatible with Windows Server 2008. If you are using an application that isn’t listed here or if you are aware of an application that absolutely doesn’t work, please add a comment with the <Application Name>, <Version: Home, Business, …>, <Computer Architecture: 32bit or 64bit>, <Website>, and eventually <Known Compatibility Issues>!
More (non) working applications can be found in the Applications Compatibility section at the forum.
* Because some security software only works on x64 or only x86, the architecture has been added. The * means that I don’t know if only x64, x86 or even both are (not) working. Please confirm it!
| Application Name | Website | 32bit Compatible | 64bit Compatible | Issues | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eset Nod32 AntiVirus v3 Business Edition | http://www.eset.com/ | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 | http://www.agnitum.com/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008 | http://www.agnitum.com/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | http://www.sophos.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | Could slow down your system. | - |
| Avast! 4 Antivirus Home Edition | http://www.avast.com/ | Yes* | Yes | Won't install on Server OS. See comment | See forum |
| AVG Antivirus Free and Paid | http://free.grisoft.com | Yes | Yes | Won't install on Server OS. | Anon has the solution! (addition) |
| Avira Personal Edition Premium 8.0 | http://www.free-av.com/ | No* | No | See comment | - |
| Avira AntiVir Personal | http://www.free-av.com/ | Yes | Yes | Won't install on Server OS. | See Comment or forum |
| Symantec Endpoint Protection v11 | http://www.symantec.com/ | No | Yes | See comment. In x64 only install AntiVirus. | - |
| Trend Micro OfficeScan | http://www.trendmicro.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | - |
| AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition | http://www.grisoft.com/ww.business-security | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Symantec Corporate Antivirus 10 Corporate Edition | http://www.symantec.com/ | Yes | Yes | 10.1.x is not compatible | x64 version may need msi patching |
| Kerio WinRoute Firewall | http://www.kerio.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | - |
| Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.1.325 | http://www.kaspersky.com/ | Yes* | Yes | Won't install on Server OS. | See Comment |
| PC Tools AntiVirus 4.0 Free Edition | http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/ | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Look 'n' Stop Firewall | http://www.looknstop.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | - |
| PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition | http://www.pctools.com/firewall/ | Yes* | No | - | - |
| ClamWin Free Antivirus | http://www.clamwin.com/ | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5/8.7i | http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/ | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Kaspersky Internet Security 7 | http://www.kaspersky.com/ | Yes | Yes* | Won't install on Server OS. | See Comment |
| Comodo Firewall Pro 3 | http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ | No | No | Many, see comment. Installs, but won't offer any security. | - |
| Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Server Enterprise Edition | http://www.kaspersky.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | |
| Eset Nod32 AntiVirus/Smart Security v3 Home Edition | http://www.eset.com/ | No | No | Won't install on Server OS. | Use Business Edition (see comment) |
| Spybot - Search & Destroy | http://www.safer-networking.org/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| BitDefender Internet Security 2008 | http://www.bitdefender.com/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| ZoneAlarm Free | http://www.zonealarm.com/ | Yes | No | Conflicting experiences: comment, comment and comment | - |
| ZoneAlarm Antivirus v7.0 for XP | http://www.zonealarm.com/ | No | No | Won't install on Server OS. | - |
| ZoneAlarm Antivirus v7.1 for Vista | http://www.zonealarm.com/ | Yes | No | Won't install on Server 2008 x64. | - |
| Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 | http://www.kaspersky.com/ | Yes | Yes* | - | See Comment |
| Eset Nod32 Smart Security v3 Business Edition | http://www.eset.com/ | Yes | Yes | Note when using in combination with Hyper-V. | - |
| Trend Micro Internet Security 2009 | http://www.trendmicro.com/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| Twister Anti-TrojanVirus | http://www.filseclab.com/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| Malwarebytes Anti-Malware | http://www.malwarebytes.org/ | Yes | Yes | See Comments | - |
| Spyware Doctor v6 | http://www.pctools.com/ | Yes | No | Won't install; see comment | - |
| Spyware Doctor v5.5 | http://www.pctools.com/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| SUPERAntiSpyware v4.1 | http://www.superantispyware.com/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| BitDefender Antivirus 2008 | http://www.bitdefender.com/ | Yes | Yes* | Could slow down Windows Server 2008. | Apply MSI Fix. |
| CA Anti-Virus 2008 | http://www.ca.com/ | No | No* | Won't install on Server 2008. | - |
| Avira Antivir Server Edition | http://www.avira.com/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| Ikarus AntiVirus | http://www.ikarus-software.at/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 (8.0.0.357) | http://www.kaspersky.com/ | Yes | Yes | Won't install on Server 2008. | See forum and x86 comment. |
| BitDefender 10 Free Edition | http://www.bitdefender.com/ | No* | No | Rootkitscanner and the shell integration doesn't work. | - |
| Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro v6 | http://www.agnitum.com/ | No | No* | AFW.SYS could not be loaded. | - |
| Moon Secure Antivirus | http://sourceforge.net/projects/moonav/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| ZoneAlarm Internet Security 7.1 for Vista | http://www.zonealarm.com/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| ThreatFire AntiVirus | http://www.threatfire.com/ | Yes | No | - | - |
| Microsoft Forefront Client Security | http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/clientsecurity/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| Agnitum Outpost Firewall 2009 | http://www.agnitum.com/ | Yes | Yes* | See comment | See Comment |
| Avast! 4.8 Antivirus Server Edition | http://www.avast.com/ | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Rising Antivirus Free Edition | http://www.rising-global.com/ | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| CA eTrust Antivirus v7.1.192 | http://www.ca.com/ | Yes | Yes* | - | - |
| Sunbelt Vipre v3.1 | http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | Deep Scan with Anti-Rootkit Detection hangs the machine. | - |
| Jetico Personal Firewall v2 | http://www.jetico.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | - |
| Avira Premium Security Suite | http://www.avira.com/ | No* | No* | See comment | - |
| Eset Nod32 v4.0 Beta 1 | http://beta.eset.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | Won't install | See forum |
| SpyWare Blaster v4.1 | http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 | http://www.mcafee.com/ | No* | No | See comment. | - |
| PeerGuardian 2 RC1 | http://phrosty.phoenixlabs.org/pg2-rc1/ | Yes | Yes* | See comment. | - |
| Windows Live OneCare for Server | http://onecare.live.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | - |
| Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 | http://www.pandasecurity.com/ | No | No | - | - |
| F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009 | http://www.f-secure.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | - |
| Zemana Antilogger | http://www.zemana.com/ | Yes* | Yes* | - | - |
| G DATA InternetSecurity 2009 | http://www.gdatasoftware.com/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| BitDefender Total Security 2009 | http://www.bitdefender.com/ | Yes* | Yes | - | - |
| F-Secure Internet Security 2009 | http://www.f-secure.com/ | No* | No | Won't install | - |
Tags Server 2008 Workstation
March 8th, 2008 at 17:33
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March 11th, 2008 at 12:11
The popular free scanners like Avast, AVG and AntiVir won’t install on a server system. I am using Sophos right now, but it can slow down the system a lot..
March 12th, 2008 at 6:03
Comodo Firewall won’t install on a server system as well
March 12th, 2008 at 13:06
The new Symantec AV – Symantec Endpoint Protection installs fine and works perfectly on Server 2008.
March 12th, 2008 at 15:52
Trend Micro’s OfficeScan works great.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:03
Kerio WinRoute Firewall works
March 13th, 2008 at 13:26
Symantec Corporate Anti Virus 10.2.0.224 (Vista client install) works.
I use the 64 bit version.
March 13th, 2008 at 19:42
I have found that even the paid versions of AVG will not install in Server 2008, except the server versions.
I just tested AVG 8 and got the same message about it not installing on a server platform.
March 15th, 2008 at 3:02
anyone tried ZoneAlarm Internet Security with Win2k8?
March 15th, 2008 at 4:00
Hi just to remak, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 works with OS 2008, you have to use compatibily to make it think you are in XP sp2.
Best regards
Arris: What executable do I need to run in compitibility mode? I tried running kav7.0.0.125en.exe in compatability mode, and tried the unpacked C:\kav\kav7.0\english\setup.exe, but both still say that win2008 is not supported.
March 15th, 2008 at 16:47
Latest Comodo Firewall installs fine in compatibility mode (xp sp2), seem to work fine too, however it reports some errors and it can’t fix by itself, me neither, lol!
March 15th, 2008 at 16:52
LookNStop (http://www.looknstop.com/En/index2.htm) works 100%!!
Very high rated here: http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.php
March 15th, 2008 at 20:13
Hi , yes the version I used in compatibility option is 7.0.1.321
I unpacked and got 3 files out of it, Kav.en.msi , setup.exe (this I used compatibility mode) and a last file called setup.reg , installer would hang trying to download the most uptodate setup file, clicked cancel and then proceed to install as normal, work just fine no problem at all, fast as ussual….
Hope you can duplicate this….
here is pics of it:
http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kasperkyrunningonserversx2.jpg
Arris: Thanks for your reply. I will try installing kav7.0.1.321en.exe next week as soon as I have Hyper-V working!
Arris Edit: Tried installing kav7.0.1.321en.exe (25.82 MB) but got this result. Maybe you are using a pro/business edition and I use a home edition?
March 16th, 2008 at 17:06
Pctools firewall Free!
Finally I found a free firewall, working good so far…
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/
March 18th, 2008 at 17:01
has anybody tried ClamWin? i installed it and it works fine its not fancy but it does the job and its a FREE opensource tool http://www.clamwin.com/
have fun.
March 19th, 2008 at 5:03
McAfe Enterprise Edition 8.5 works fine – even the Anti-Spam add-in works!
March 20th, 2008 at 16:42
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition is a good choice .
March 24th, 2008 at 4:09
Technically you can get the Latest version of Comodo Pro to work by running it in XP SP2 Compatability mode, but the Network Firewall wont work and Defense+ will nag alot. If there was a Windows Vista Compatability mode for Windows Server 2008 I bet it would work alot better. ^-^
March 25th, 2008 at 17:32
ESET Smart Security / NOD32 Home won’t work. The Business edition is fine, but only comes in packs for 5+ machines. NOD32 version 2 will install (and was licensed) on server OSs (I ran it on W2k3). This is still available for download, though I’m not sure if a new licence would cover server use, or if a newly purchased key would work with the old version.
March 30th, 2008 at 16:18
I try many time, Kaspersky any version not work in Windows Server 2008. = =”
March 31st, 2008 at 2:49
^ I am unable to get Kaspersky 7 working in Server 2008 as well.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:39
It would help alot if posters could kindly state if they are running the 32bit or 64bit version of Windows Server 2008. This does make a huge difference when discussing anti-virus and firewall software Thanks.
Spy Bot Search & Destroy seems to work on Windows Server 2008 64bit.
P.S. Many thanks to you for an excellent site.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:14
Some more info. The 30 day trial of Bit Defender installs ok on Windows Server 2008 64bit. It provides antivirus, antispam, firewall etc, the full monty.
I used this software many years ago on Windows 98 but stopped bacause of bad reviews. If anybody can post there opinion on recent versions I would be very grateful.
March 31st, 2008 at 19:33
PC Tools AntiVirus 4.0 Free Edition seems to work under Server 2008 Standard x86.
No error during installation, automatic update will work fine, but I dont’t know if there is an realy protection.
Arris: Thanks! You can test the AntiVirus with a test virus. See Test your Anti-Virus with Eicar’s fake virus code for more info.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:34
I have now successfully installed Kaspersky 7.0.1.325 on Server 2008 x64. I modified the VB script linked by sky_dynasty_ in the Unreal Tournament 3 comments. This should work on x86 as well.
For those who want it: http://www.mediafire.com/?dzz2eut1nkh
Run kav7.0.1.325en.exe and extract to folder(Ex. C:\kav\kav7).
Copy script (Fix MSI.vbs) into folder and drag kav.en.msi onto it and after it is done, you should be able to install it with no problems.
Enjoy! =]
Arris: Nice trick! Also read this reply about a warning relating program components updates…
April 1st, 2008 at 12:34
I have just installed zonealarm firewall (free edition) on w2k8 server workstation,its fine on the 32bit but wont install on the 64bit
April 1st, 2008 at 13:52
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April 1st, 2008 at 22:40
PC Tools AntiVirus 4.0 Free Edition finds the test virus all the time. So I hope there will be a real sercurity.
April 1st, 2008 at 22:59
Anti-virus software is effective because it “integrates” (can’t think of the right word at the moment) into your system. That being said, aren’t you kinda defeating the purpose if you’re running it in XP compatibility mode? Sure, it loads fine, but is it really providing any protection? This is just like those people who slap alarm stickers on their cars and security monitoring signs in their yards when, in fact, there is really no security system. Sure, it gives you a sense of security, and it may deter some criminals, but beyond that, it’s useless. Call me crazy I guess…
April 1st, 2008 at 23:20
PC Tools AntiVirus 4.0 runs nativly on the server 2008 without using compatibily mode or other tricks. But, you are right there is no 100% security, but I’m feeling better if there is a antivirus software installed, becuase it’s windows. ;-D
April 3rd, 2008 at 19:59
, , ,
ZoneAlarm Antivirus
just the antivirus without firewall etc
version 7.1 for Vista won’t install on x64 architecture
version 7.0 for XP won’t install at all
April 3rd, 2008 at 23:14
[...] 2008 Server so it should work with earlier versions, too. Since it’s free it never hurts to try. Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation!
April 13th, 2008 at 12:24
Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition v10.2.276 working well here (32bit)
April 20th, 2008 at 17:01
To install Avast home (the free edition won’t infringe any copyright since we’re using Win 2008 server as a workstation), just select the Win 98 compatibility and ignore the “Internet explore” error.
April 20th, 2008 at 18:49
I have to add that unfortunately Avast home will install but won’t work.
Too bad.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:54
For NOD32, buy (or use existing home version) licence then on the Eset website, there is the option to Migrate your licence to the Business version. Will cost less than 5x Business licences new
April 29th, 2008 at 7:04
Kaspersky Antvirus 6.0.2.621
working on Windows Server 2008 thanks to Ice [post #25]
to bypass OS Check download this: http://www.mediafire.com/?dzz2eut1nkh
instructions: follow post #25 [Ice]
thanks to Ice again
* run kaspersky antivirus 6.0 installer
* save the installation to your desktop or any folder that u could easily locate
* drag the MSI installer file to the downloaded MSI FIX VBS
* after prompts, run the kaspersky MSI installer
April 29th, 2008 at 7:11
^
for proof on #37 post
click here
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1019/kasperskyav6onwinservervv0.jpg
April 29th, 2008 at 13:04
^
alert on Kaspersky anti-virus 6.0
before making the 1st update, DO NOT UPDATE THE APPLICATION MODULES
Stop any running updates,
go to Kaspersky > Settings > Updates > UNCHECK Update Application Modules
UPDATING THE APPLICATION MODULES MIGHT CRASH AND MAKE YOUR SERVER 2008 UNBOOTABLE
May 1st, 2008 at 18:07
Jetico Personal Firewall
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:34
[...] contendo a compatibilidade, o problema (quando há) e a solução (coluna Fix). Confira-as aqui e aqui, [...]
May 4th, 2008 at 10:00
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Internet Security 8.0.0.357 Pre TR – Working perfect!
May 7th, 2008 at 16:37
Post #25
i tried install the KIS 7.0.1.325 but failed says that the OS not supported and on top of that, the setup didn’t even extracted to C:\KAV…
btw, i’m using Windows Server 2008 x86
May 8th, 2008 at 7:23
Eset NOD32 Smart Security 3.0.650.0 Business edition works.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:11
Trend Micro Internet Security x64 working fine on Server 2008 x64
May 13th, 2008 at 11:41
Avira AntiVir Personal
Just installed it on my 2008 64 bit. You just need to unpack the downloaded exe file and run the basic/setup.exe.
May 20th, 2008 at 19:28
edmund
It didnt work to unpack the downloaded exe file and run the basic/setup.exe for me. x86. Avira 8.
May 24th, 2008 at 17:06
Eset business smart security doesnt seem to work on my 64bit version. Is there some sort of special procedure for installing?
Arris: The Business Editions of Eset AntiVirus and Eset Smart Security with the right architecture [x86|x64] install fine on Windows Server 2008. Just tested them in Hyper-V. What error do you get when installing?
May 24th, 2008 at 23:17
Thanks to Ice and freelancerage for my Kaspersky 7.0.1.325 works very fine and great on my win 2k8 Server x86!
Works great!
Cheers!
Tim.
May 26th, 2008 at 21:54
Just wanted to say that, the newest version of Avast 4.8.1201 Home/Professional, is working just fine. No installation problems at all. Running like a dream
Btw, running x86
May 28th, 2008 at 1:26
Admin, Kaspersky Internet Security 7 work on Win2k8, but require .msi patching. Since I have it install, I know for sure it work. (I am using Win2k8 x86)
May 28th, 2008 at 11:18
Twister av works on x86 im using it right now.
you might not hav heard of it but u soon will
May 28th, 2008 at 12:18
@WizardS
how did you installed Avast home/professional coz, I’m also running Server 08 x86 doesn’t work, operating system not supported Y_Y
May 29th, 2008 at 1:05
@freelancerage
Nothing really. Just downloaded the latest version from their homepage.
May 29th, 2008 at 1:36
@WizardS
actually yes I did that
here’s what I got
oh too bad, I wanted to install avast it seems better than nod32 in detections Y_Y
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: Started: 29.05.2008, 08:34:04
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: Running setup_av_pro-4b1 (1201)
29.05.2008 08:34:04 system: Operating system: Windows Vista ver 6.0, build 6001, sp 1.0 [Service Pack 1] SERVER
29.05.2008 08:34:04 system: Memory: 37% load. Phys:1224708/1964696K free, Page:3525636/4176460K free, Virt:2031900/2097024K free
29.05.2008 08:34:04 system: Computer WinName: RAGE
29.05.2008 08:34:04 system: Windows Net User: RAGE\Administrator
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: Cmdline: /sfx /sfxstorage “C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a02272″ /srcpath “C:\Users\ADMINI~1\Desktop”
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: DldSrc set to sfx
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: Old version: ffffffff (-1)
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: Install check: SetupVersion does NOT exist
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: SGW32P::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 0
29.05.2008 08:34:04 registry: Get registry: Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version=7.0.6001.18000
29.05.2008 08:34:04 general: Err:Your operating system does not meet the minimum requirements. You can install avast! only on Windows NT4 with Service Pack 4 or higher. It cannot be installed on NT Server.
May 29th, 2008 at 13:28
sandboxie and spyware doctor 5.5 work also
May 29th, 2008 at 13:30
superantispyware 4 and malwarebytes anti work on x86 to
soz about double post
May 31st, 2008 at 12:44
bitdefender antivirus 2008 [using 32-bit]
can be installed using the MSI fix
but could lag and slow down server 2008
June 1st, 2008 at 7:11
CA Antivirus r8 / 2008 – 32bit
not installing (even through tortures
you know that already)
June 1st, 2008 at 9:25
AVG 8.0 Network Edition – 32bit working fine
June 1st, 2008 at 23:46
@Admin:
correction CA Antivirus r8/2008 is not installing therefore not working at Server 2008
@All:
i’ve been torturing my laptop to search the best security software for server 2008
Avast/CA/Avira – not working
NOD32/McAfee – missing all obvious malware/antivirus
Symantec Antivirus/bitdefender – resource hog
AVG Network/Avast Server/Kaspersky – license difficulties
June 1st, 2008 at 23:49
@All
can anyone suggest which antivirus is best for server 2008
i just wished avast/ca/avg/kaspersky is working smoothly
June 2nd, 2008 at 0:56
avira antivir file server edition AND
ikarus antivirus (german based using kaspersky engine (i think – correct me if i’m wrong)
32-bit
installing and working properly
June 5th, 2008 at 1:53
If you have purchased AVG 8.0 and your license is still valid you can install AVG server edition and use your AVG 8.0 license info to activate the server edition (I didn’t think it’d work, but I tried it and yes, it does work).
I only had a license for 8.0, but I am running server edition on Server 2008 x64 using my AVG 8.0 license. It’s working great!
June 9th, 2008 at 23:07
Firewall – Outpost Pro installs and works on x64
June 10th, 2008 at 0:15
UPDATE – Outpost Security Suite Pro – Firewall / antivirus / antimalware, etc, installs and works on x64 (it’s a 64 bit program)
June 10th, 2008 at 10:11
Hey to all,
anybody figured out how to get Kaspersky 2009 to work?
I am using server 2k8 x64 and had succesfully installed Kaspersky 7
using the msifix(i think post #25)but had no luck with kaspersky 2009
has anybody done it so far?
thanx for all your help, appreciated…
Arris: See topic kaspersky anti-virus 2009 at the forum.
June 10th, 2008 at 21:32
Symantec Corporate Antivirus 10 Corporate Edition for 64bit
I could only get this to work after using the trick found on http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/03/29/installing-unreal-tournament-3/
After the changing the MSI to allow it to install, it worked fine and im just finishing live update.
June 10th, 2008 at 22:40
Avira AntiVir Personal Edition installed and working on Enterprise x86 using the “ProductOptions” registry permissions trick.
Still working after removing the mod.
June 12th, 2008 at 23:28
Admin thanks for the quick response
you’ve been great from the start m8
been checking back here almost daily for any news
as far as kaspersky 2009 is concerned I don’t think I’m willing to
sacrifice stability so I’m sticking with v7 for now
been running eset smart security business for firewall/antivirus
and kaspersky antivirus v7 for crosschecking
on datacenter x64 for a while now and I’m quite pleased (rock solid)
if anyone has to offer a better combo is more than welcomed
also be sure to check wu as there are currently some nasty
vurnelability stuff going round
keep up the great work
Arris: Thanks for the compliments!
Hope someone will find a workaround/fix to get it working on Windows Server 2008! 
June 14th, 2008 at 5:58
I am running Kaspersky 2009 (8.0.0.357) with no problems at all (Server 2008 Enterprise x64). For me, it has been better than 7.0.1.325.
I have also modified the MSI Fix to work with this new version.
8.0.0.357 available here:
http://dnl-us5.kaspersky-labs.com/products/english/homeuser/kav2009/
http://dnl-us5.kaspersky-labs.com/products/english/homeuser/kis2009/
I have not tried the MSI fix on KIS.
MSI Fix
http://www.mediafire.com/?hyw3ymgwbh3
Install 7-Zip if you don’t have it installed already.
Download 8.0.0.357 and save it.
Go to its location, right click it: 7-Zip -> Extract
Go to where you extracted it and download/extract MSI fix into same folder.
Drag kav.en.msi over “Fix MSI.vbs”.
Run kav.en.msi.
Enjoy. =)
June 16th, 2008 at 14:08
@71
I tried but it doesn’t works….
“Property ErrorIncompatibleOSTypeShow”
June 16th, 2008 at 14:30
OK, after a restart it worked!!
Thanks!!
June 19th, 2008 at 23:07
@Ice
I tried your msi fix on KIS2009 and have had no issues on Server 2008 x64.
And KIS doesn’t suck up 100% off my cpu and ram.
June 20th, 2008 at 23:07
We have a WS 2008 server with Server Intellect. They have McAfee server edition install and running smoothly on our server. Runs good and doesn’t interfere to much with our resources during scans.
June 21st, 2008 at 19:06
BitDefender Free works, after the msi extraction and patch on x64
its not listed above. BitDefender free is just an on demand scanning engine like clamwin, but it much better at finding things. VirusTestReference: http://virus.gr/portal/en/content/23-april-10-may-2007
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:53
There is a problem with Zonealarm (Free edition) when installed on 32 bit Win 2008. .. Maybe somebody else can confirm what I am seeing..
a) Install Win 2008 and Zonealarm (Free edition)
b) Enable Remote Desktop on 2008 server
c) Log on to the server
d) Connect to the server using Remote Desktop from any other PC (e.g XP box)
e) Close the Remote Desktop app from the XP box
f) Log back on to Win 2008
g) Win 2008 HANGS and shows only “Welcome” screen with blue background FOREVER..
-Raj
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:27
I take it back bitDefender free’s rootkit scanner doesnt work and the shell integration doesnt work so it a pain to scan individual files. personally i no longer think that its worth the trouble.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:55
OK thanx Ice and Admin,
Kaspersky 2009 (8.0.0.357) is working just fine with your fix
and feels like it’s not such a resource hog as v7
thanx all for your help
June 27th, 2008 at 2:32
Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro v. 6 doesn#t work for me on Server2008 32bit. Neither in user account nor in admin account. tells me AFW.SYS could not be loaded.
Firewall GUI is started, tells me its workin, but it isn’t actually. Its only the GUI loaded. Any congestions how to fix that?
Btw, thx for ur great tutorial ‘n website
Don’t complain ’bout my english, i know its bad heh
Arris: Added it to the list. It might help to disable driver signing etc. See this topic for two bcdedit commands that might help.
June 27th, 2008 at 21:10
Eset Smart Security Business Edition v3 works fine on x64.
Caution, if u install Hyper-V also, install it AFTER the security suite. ESS generates a virtual networkadapter. If u install Hyper-V before, ESS only installs in virtual adapter of Hyper-V and doesn’t generate one for ur real connection.
To make sure service is correctly installed check ur networkadapter properties. Eset Service must be installed. Also go to http://www.grc.com and do a enhanced portscan with shieldsup. If it shows stealthed, ur fine.
June 30th, 2008 at 15:38
Heye notausgang
been wondering about this myself
on server x64 I’ve installed eset smart security 3.0.667 and Kaspersky antivirus 2009 (8.0.0.357) before hyper-v
they both install bindings on network adapters (for the physical adapter but not for the hyper-v virtual adapter)
eset: Eset Personal Firewall
kaspersky: Kaspersky Anti-Virus NDIS 6 Filter
when adding an external network adapter on hyper-v,
hyper-v installs the virtual adapter wich is bound – switched to the physical adapter
the bindings of the physical adapter are automatically disabled (unchecked), ie tcpip,client fot ms networks as well as eset and kaspersky bindings are disabled, with just the ms virtual network switch enabled
my question is: if disabled do they protect the physical as well as the virtual connection?
is the physical connection protected with firewall/antivirus?
why is everything automatically disabled?should we enabe it afterwards?
what is the right configuration?which bindings should be enabled on the physical adapter so the connection is protected while maintaining the communication with the vm?
if anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated
June 30th, 2008 at 23:05
Hi Robert, the services (bindings) for security software should running at the real adapter. so tick the boxes on real adapter. For communication with the virtual adapter u should tick ms virtual network also. u don’t need to tick any other option on virtual adapter then the virtual network.
For 99% of internets daily work u just need the simple tcp/ip4 protocol, (in future hopefully more tcp/ipv6) nothing else. Its a mess whats installed by default.
Take a closer look here, https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2, just for understanding the networkbindings and for ur own security.
June 30th, 2008 at 23:08
btw, why r u running two virus engines? u should avoid running to different live engines at the same time, choose one and use one only for on demand check.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:57
http://www.ntsvcfg.de/ntsvcfg_eng.html
For ur security, read the page carefully, many changes should and can be done on Server2008 also. U have to make changes manually, DON’T use the script for any other system then XP/2000!
July 6th, 2008 at 17:15
Hi admin, notausgang and m8s
forgot to mention that only eset is on for real time scanning and kav is only for on demand (had problems in the past, so better be on the safe side right?so far this combo is working great though,light on resources and reliable results)and thanx for mentioning shieldsup,had forgotten it(have used it in the past and it’s great) and it reports that everything is ok with eset firewall (all stealth)
as an alternative take a look at nmap: http://www.insecure.org
but be careful,it is very powerful and comprehensive but I would not recommend using it on pcs other than your own
for kaspersky even though it is disabled it does install the binding on the physical network adapter and I have both eset and kaspersky services enabled on this
I’ve tried to see what’s going on with the physical and the virtual adapter at work (static DNS server-the DNS server assigns dynamically the same IP on the same machine) and at home (static IPs no dns)
and seems that on physical adapter you don’t change anything (just leave the security (eset/kav/or whatever) bindings enabled and the ms switch enabled, while everything else is disabled) and every other configuration is to be done on the virtual adapter (tcp/ip settings for manual/static IPs etc)
but what about the QoS Packet Scheduler?
it is available on the physical but not on the virtual adapter,is it really needed, should it be enabled or what?any clues?
so the configuration that has worked ok so far is like this
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4586/capture2jl1.jpg
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4435/capture3ka9.jpg
thanx for all your helps guys,really appreciate it
and thanx admin once more for your great job
sse ya
Arris: I’m glad we can help you! The QoS Packet Scheduler adds support for Quality Of Service in network traffic. That means that the networkadapter keeps track of the priority of the packets that are send over the network and if other packets have an higher priority, like an internetcall that may not stutter, Windows will automatically adjust the transfer speed so the call is not being bothered by your internet traffic. A virtual adapter of course doesn’t need this because it’s only a little piece of software that connects two operating systems on the same machine.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:09
Does anyone know how “anonymous” was able to get Avira working on 32bit using the “ProductOptions” registry permissions trick? I’ve tried a couple of things but almost had to format and reinstall, thankfully “Last known good” saved me from having to do that. Any help would be much appreciated. I really want to run Avira since it has been working great for me on XP.
July 11th, 2008 at 7:06
Nevermind, I found it in the forums.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:19
installing kaspersky 2009 into win2k8 server offers any full protection? i wondering whether i should agree with the post #29.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:44
, , , , and eventually !
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Full Purchased Version, 64bit, http://www.malwarebytes.org/, Antivirus scanner works but protection module doesn’t work
July 16th, 2008 at 17:29
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008 x64 is good
July 18th, 2008 at 16:10
I followed on post #71, and it work for my KAV for windows 2k server..thanks ice for the brilliant idea..i will be trying the kis the next shot.
July 19th, 2008 at 5:09
Moon Secure Antivirus, (GPL Antivirus) works well under Server 2008 32 bit.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/moonav/
July 19th, 2008 at 21:27
A valid license for NOD32 Antivirus Home Edition works on Business Edition. You will however need to source the Business Edition for it to install on Server 2008 though.
July 20th, 2008 at 13:27
Avira AntiVir Personal
Here is a mod. version of Antivir PE for Windows Server 2008, download, run the basic/setup.exe to install and … update after install, it works fine !!!
http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=RNYW0SJT
July 20th, 2008 at 18:37
[...] Hey, erg
July 28th, 2008 at 4:52
I’ve been unable to install any Kaspersky on my x86 Server 2008 any way. So, whoever could make it work… why don’t you share your setup exe with us so that we know your words were not flying up.
July 29th, 2008 at 18:47
*Installing AVG*
You need the following things:
- AVG File Server Installer (Mine is from 27/2/2008, filename: avg_iswt_stf_all_8_81a1271)
- AVG Trial License
- Any Normal AVG License
First run the installer with the trial license, install all updates, keep updating untill it asks for a reboot. Enter the normal AVG license and reboot.
Voila, you have a working version of AVG on your 2008 server.
Currently my AVG is version 8.0.156 with virusdatabse version 270.5.6/1573.
Most recent avg working with random avg 8 serial!
Hope it works for you guys aswel.
Bryan L.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:15
Zone Alarm Internet Security 7.1.254 (for Vista) has been fine on Web Server 2008 32-bit for months for me. It has been more stable than it was on XP, actually.
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:29
Threatfire works not problem
August 10th, 2008 at 13:45
I tried to install antivir_workstation_winu_en_h.exe (Avira AntiVir Personal – Free Antivirus 8.1.0.326) on Win2008 Datacenter x64.
I extracted the exe (using 7-zip) and started basic\setup.exe.
It complained about server OS and quit.
Arris: Take a look at this comment and otherwise try the method from Scimitar at the forum. Hope that helps you!
August 14th, 2008 at 1:30
[...] AntiVirus with it. You will have to get a Server based or Business Based Antivirus for Server 08. Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation!
August 20th, 2008 at 18:00
Microsoft Forefront client security also works fine on Windows Server 2008. Microsoft has a x86 and x64 version.
I”m running Client Version: 1.5.1955.0 on W2K8 x64
August 27th, 2008 at 22:26
Everytime i tried kaspersky on virtual machine, the installation went fine and on reboot the OS hang on the desktop. there is nothing i can do.
August 28th, 2008 at 18:36
Strange behavior with Zone Alarm Free.
After some minutes using Firefox 2.16(or 3.0.1) the internet connection hangs. IE7 has the same problem.
Other problem… I can´t kill firefox and/or IE after this!
August 30th, 2008 at 5:03
Kaspersky 2009 can work on 32-bit Server — you just have to disable DEP/PAE. See the forum posts.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:40
I’ve successfully installed the trial version of Trend Micro Internet Security but am encountering one MAJOR problem: It’s not updating.
“Update Progress” indicates that -
“1. Connecting with the update server” appears to work.
“2. Downloading the latest update” also appears to work.
BUT when the download gets to 100%, an error message pops up stating “Unable to update your protection. Make sure your Internet connection works before trying again.” and “Update Progress” never gets to “3.
installing the latest update on your computer”.
September 3rd, 2008 at 20:06
The site admin uses the ESET NOD32 business. Will the personal/home version work? In order to download the business version, you have to fill out a long registration form and talk to an ESET sales person before you get to download. Is there another place to download the version that will work? Thanks.
September 3rd, 2008 at 23:17
I forgot to mention that I’m using Trend Micro Internet Security on the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008.
Arris: Ben says that it’s working fine on Windows Server 2008 x64 so the 64bit architecture shouldn’t be the problem…
September 8th, 2008 at 4:08
I didn’t say that the Trend Micro Internet Security program is not working at all. Only that the program update downloads aren’t being successfully completed.
This could be an issue with the trial version that I’m trying – maybe it’s not meant to be updated until you pay for the full version. I don’t know.
Arris: Okay, thanks for your comment. We ‘ll leave it’s compatibility status to working on x64 until someone proofs the opposite!
September 10th, 2008 at 17:31
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 (downloaded final )will definitely run on x86. You must extract the files, open the .msi in Orca, search for all occurences of “unsupported operating system” (or whatever the error message states), drop those lines (4, I think. Voila! You’ve got it installed.
September 12th, 2008 at 16:51
threatfire antivirus works in 32 bit windows only.
September 15th, 2008 at 18:59
I’ve finally figured out how to get AVG Free to install on Server 2008 x64!! Since this is a violation of AVG’s user license, I will remain anonymous however much I’d love to take the credit. Here’s the deal…
Problem:
As we all know, AVG Free is set to look at your registry to see if you are a desktop or a server. If it sees that you are a server OS, it tells you during the setup that this is not allowed and you are required to exit the setup. Well, many of us are now using Server 2008 as a desktop system at home for personal use and need our good ole friend AVG Free. After inspecting avgsetup.exe, I found that AVG is looking at the “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions\ProductType” key to see whether it is “WinNT” (a desktop OS) or “ServerNT” (a server OS). If it sees “ServerNT” then it fails because it does not allow server installations. If you try and change “ServerNT” to “WinNT”, there are watchdog processes that continually inspect that key and replace it back to “ServerNT” as soon as you change it (literally…try it and see). I tried everything I could to change that temporarily until after the AVG setup, but MS has it pretty well locked. So, here’s how I got around it…
Resolution:
1) We must get to the avgsetup.exe first and foremost. When you run the original download, it actually extracts a folder to a temp folder. The easiest way to get to it is to run the program and wait until it gets to the first screen then STOP. At the initial setup screen, open task manager, right-click on avgsetup.exe in the processes list and choose “Open file location”. Quit the setup and then copy the entire folder from the temp folder to your desktop for ease of use. The folder contains avgsetup.exe as well as other setup files.
2) We must create an alternate key that AVG will look at to check whether we are a desktop or server. In regedit (or whatever you use), insert a new key named “ProductOption2″ under the “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control” tree. Since I did not want to add any length to the avgsetup.exe upon editing, I simply replaced the “s” in “ProductOptions” with a “2”.
3) Under that new key of “ProductOption2″, insert a new REG_SZ String named “ProductType” and change it to “WinNT”.
4) Use a hex editor (I used notepad++ with the hex-editor plugin) to edit avgsetup.exe and replace the two instances of “ProductOptions” within the EXE to “ProductOption2″. Make sure that it matches your key you made in step #2 and also that it does not exceed the length of the original (we dropped the “s” and added a “2″). Changing the EXE forces the setup program to look at your new key instead of the real key.
5) Save it and run setup as normal. It should go right past the original “You’re installing on a server blah blah” error.
Issues:
None that I’ve seen so far. AVG updates work fine and there are several processes running in Task Manager so it seems to be good to go. Also, I downloaded and tested it using the EICAR test virus which AVG gladly took care of.
Arris: Thanks for your great solution!
Tomass also followed your instructions and made a custom installation package so you don’t have to fix the installer yourself.
September 18th, 2008 at 22:17
I just tried installing Symantec Endpoint Protection V.11.?? onto Windows Server 2008 Standard edition. Installed fine. Everything looked normal then people started complaining about normal small things not working. Internet, printers, file shares. SEP basically shutdown all INBOUND communications to the server. DNS didn’t work, DHCP didn’t work. And for some reason you could open word documents from a file share, but excel files would pop up and error saying unable to open xxxxx.xls. I uninstalled SEP rebooted server and everything worked perfectly. Apperantly the issues I’ve read about from several several months ago haven’t been corrected. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE SEP on WINDOWS SERVER 2008. 32bit versions btw.
September 25th, 2008 at 21:35
Tested the above fix on a x86 installation , worked like a charm
October 2nd, 2008 at 23:02
outpost firewall 2009 x86 works !!!!
just disable windows firewall
run command as administrator
bcdedit -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
install outpost firewall 2009 x86
))
and be happy
i just love win2008
October 3rd, 2008 at 13:41
Symantec Endpoint Protection works on Server 2008 (x86 and amd64), but it now includes a firewall which explains David’s issues. With that said, I think the new version is crap, they’re turning the corp edition of SAV into the home version. All I want from AV is AV.
Symantec Antivirus 10.2 also works fine on Server 2008 (and Vista) without any MSI hacks. I wouldn’t run 10.1.x on Windows 6, both Symantec and MS say it’s not compatible.
Arris: I just tested Symantec Endpoint Protection and the firewall isn’t working well indeed. However you can uncheck it during the installation and so only install the AV software.
October 3rd, 2008 at 18:55
Just a vbscript to force write “WinNT” into the registry key ProductType…
Run the script below when the setup check for the registry key…
just kill the wscript process when it’s done !
Set WshShell = CreateObject( “WScript.Shell” )
Do While True
WshShell.RegWrite “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions\ProductType”, “WinNT”, “REG_SZ”
Loop
Thanks to the first anonymous for the reg tip
Arris: Nice brute-force trick!
Might work to install some programs that check this key. 
October 5th, 2008 at 2:24
I tried the avast antivirus server version 4. and it does not update. it says something about the module not being loaded. But it is. It also said when I ran it in x64 that the update module cannot load on this os. It is confuising me and I want to know an alternative that is as good as this I tried eveything. The program works. but the updates do not want to (it is always something about the modules). Any way I could just download the definition file bypassing the program update?
If not can you recommend a good antivirus program that is really good.
I also want to know how good that moon antivirus is before I mess with it. Thanks alot!
October 6th, 2008 at 0:23
In response to http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/03/08/security-software/#comment-1555
I have been using ZoneAlarm Free on Server 2008 (32bit) for a while now and I have been using FF(3.0.2) and IE7, never had that internet connection hang issue. I can kill any process fine too.
Just my 2c.
October 6th, 2008 at 0:29
In response to Raj’s comment at http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/03/08/security-software/#comment-707
I just tried the steps and I had no issues logging back in. I also tried it several times just to make sure. Not sure what settings you have but my Windows Firewall is turned OFF.
Again just my 2c.
October 13th, 2008 at 3:01
There is one last thing I would like to add to the beginning of the Anon person’s steps.
You may have to “extract” the .exe file you download from AVG’s website in order to find the avgsetup.exe (yes it’s an exe inside an exe). You should either use 7-ZIP or Universal extractor. Extract to a subdirectory and inside that directory, you will find the avgsetup.exe that the Anon person was referring to.
October 14th, 2008 at 18:31
Any reason why the Windows Firewall wouldn’t be enough? It seems to be lot better than the one that came with XP sp2
October 16th, 2008 at 12:52
CA eTrust Antivirus Version: 7.1.192
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32bit
I am running the client only… runs the Vet engine. This is like a corporate version maybe I got from work… didn’t ask for cd keys.
October 24th, 2008 at 11:41
Thanks so much, #113!
I previously had assumed that virus scanners checked their own files (e.g. MD5), to see prior to their installation if they are intact.
Luckily, this is not the case with AVG Free. Just modified the installer using a hex editor, added the registry keys and values and it installed and updated its definitions just fine on a 2008 machine.
Thanks again! Saved my day!
October 24th, 2008 at 19:44
http://www.win2008workstation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=257
The 8th post posted on Wed May 28, 2008 9:27 pm says Avast! Home should also be compatible:
“The installation of Avast Home works with this registry tweak too”
Arris: You are right, thanks for notifying!
October 27th, 2008 at 6:11
I tend to be a proponent of open-source, so naturally I went with ClamWin…
Works perfetly!
Ya know… the server edition of Vista really is a heck of a lot better. It doesn’t feel like it is analyzing ever move I make to make sure it is ok by Microsoft.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:14
Ok, wow, I need a spellchecker…
one: perfectly^
two: I’m on the 32-bit version of S2k8.
October 29th, 2008 at 14:36
Vipre from Sunbelt Software installs and runs without issue and is officially supported. I’m trying it now and it seems OK. The only issue I’ve seen is a bug when doing a “Deep” scan with anti-rootkit detection included. It hangs the machine. This is apparently a know bug and Sunbelt is working on it. The demo is free and there is no differentiation in price b/tw workstation and server OSes.
October 29th, 2008 at 17:43
PC Tools AntiVirus on x64 works…
November 1st, 2008 at 23:36
I have children that will be using this computer. What kind of parental software can I use for the internet?
November 2nd, 2008 at 18:06
PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition does NOT work on x64, it refused to install claiming its currently not supported by 64-Bit-Windows (”PC Tools Firewall Plus wird von 64-Bit-Windows gegenwärtig nicht unterstützt.”)
November 2nd, 2008 at 22:44
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November 9th, 2008 at 2:47
Jetico Personal Firewall v2 works without any problems at all.
November 10th, 2008 at 19:08
I have been using Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 on “Workstation 2008″ for about 5 months. Works great. Wanted to let you all know that thru 11/15 Staples is selling the three PC version for $9.99 after rebates.
November 29th, 2008 at 12:51
Anyone know how install NOD32 version 4 on server 2008? I tried ORCA and an hexdecimal but didn`t work?, tried denied permissions on regedit but also didn`t work…
any suggestion?
November 29th, 2008 at 17:48
Anyone know how to install Avira Premium Security Suite?
Some error about a scheduler keeps coming up.
November 29th, 2008 at 23:32
Spyware Doctor 6 does unfortunately not install on windows server 2008 64bit (at least the trial version).
December 3rd, 2008 at 14:19
TrendMicro Internet Security 2009 v17.0.0.1224 Trial downloaded from their website on 12-1-2008 installs on my Win2008 64Bit Enterprise installation.
It seems to update okay. But, when it does a scan, it jams at about 40% or so, no matter the size of the subdirectory involved.
Anyone have any ideas about how to solve this problem
December 4th, 2008 at 2:17
Avira Personal Edition Premium 8.0 will install on Server 2008 x64 Standard with the known reg hacks but the on-access scanner service will not start, so it makes an otherwise fine product useless on this platform.
McAfee Enterprise 8.7i (I believe 8.5i has already been mentioned as working), however, runs like a champ. It has a native 64 bit scan engine and both on-access scanning and on-demand scans work as one might expect. Thumbs up for this one on my workstation.
Arris: Thanks for the info; updated the table.
December 8th, 2008 at 6:20
SpyWare Blaster 4.1 (great companion to SpyBot S&D) installs and runs fine on Server 2008 Standard x64.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:51
TrendMicro Internet Security 2009 v17.0.0.1224 Trial downloaded from their website on 12-1-2008 installs on my Win2008 64Bit Enterprise installation.
UPDATE: 12-9-2008 – on my December 3rd, 2008 at 14:19 posting.
Good news – this antivirus software now appears to be working correctly. I believe it automatically installed an update that has enabled it to work properly, for whatever reason. It seems to complete scans to 100% now.
Further, it detected and handled the test virus “eicar.exe” as I would have expected. See http://www.eicar.org for more information on this test virus.
December 15th, 2008 at 9:50
Kaspersky 2009: As Christine said: All you have to remove is 4 lines from the msi using Orca. Go to the Edit menu, then Find and look for “operating system is not” (that’s enough). Remove the 4 lines corresponding to the error message.
December 15th, 2008 at 9:52
Kaspersky 2009: I forgot, you can get Orca at: http://www.brentnorris.net/blog/archives/319
December 16th, 2008 at 18:58
McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009 works in server 2008 x64. I downloaded the trial version from their web-site and it didn’t want to install on a server. However, I bought a full version at BestBuy and it installed just fine from the CD and has been working great for a week.
December 28th, 2008 at 3:12
Don’t believe VstaUser’s comment. McAfee VirusScan Plus DOES NOT install on Windows Server 2008 x64. The trial version does not install, and the CD version will also not install (at least it does not install without any hacks). You will get a “Not supported on this OS” message.
December 29th, 2008 at 0:14
PeerGuardian2 RC1 for Vista will install and work on Server 2008 x86, but it has some issues. Primarily, it will just stop blocking IPs sometimes (this may only occur upon restarting PG2).
A PG2 loader for Vista has been created here to help with this issue: http://forums.phoenixlabs.org/showthread.php?t=16685
In my case, I have opted to stop using PG2 entirely, because I’m just not comfortable having my peer-blocker decide to stop working at random. While the loader helped with this issue dramatically, it still occurs at times.
Instead, I am now using Blocklist Manager to download and export blocklists. I only need PG2 for uTorrent here, and fortunately uTorrent has a built-in IP filtering capability that works well with the BLM generated blocklists. You can set this up by having BLM auto export to %AppData%\uTorrent\ipfilter.dat in the EMule list format.
Right clicking in uT’s logger pane will allow you to enable logging of blocked IPs so you can see that it is actually working. You can create a test ipfilter.dat containing just “0.0.0.0-255.255.255.255″, restart uT (or right click in the Peers pane and Reload IPFilter) and examine the log to ensure you’ve got it set up right. You might also need to set ipfilter.enable to True in uT’s advanced settings page.
January 7th, 2009 at 18:59
-ADIVCE for the ADMIN: would be good to see, which software is free or has some kind of license…
a low bow for this site, helped me only! THANKS!
love my little server2k8
Arris: I’m glad you enjoy win2008workstation/the website!
To find the free products just do a CTRL+F at this page and search for “free” 
January 10th, 2009 at 3:59
#146 is correct. I was messing around with different tokens.dat files and, as it turns out, I had vista’s tokens.dat file activated at the time I installed McAfee AV. I apologize for any confusion.
January 10th, 2009 at 21:48
Anti-Virus
=============
What worked for me
*** Anti-Virus I picked Avira AntiVir Personal
You need to do the below in order to install. Or you will get a not supported OS message.
Credit goes to Scimitar
http://www.win2008workstation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=257
“Thanks to the process monitor which was mentioned in another thread I’ve found a way to install Antivir Personal Edition which I want to share with you.
It’s pretty simple and might work with other programms which check for a Server OS and deny the installation too.
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”.
Up until now I didn’t notice any drawbacks but I won’t garantie that there might be some.”
*** Firewall
I am still looking for please post a comment suggesting one
January 17th, 2009 at 18:50
Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 does not work on server 2008 (both x64 and x86)
January 20th, 2009 at 14:52
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5
works on SVR2008 32-Bit Standard.
January 20th, 2009 at 14:56
PCTools Spyware Doctor v6
works fine on SVR2008 32-Bit Standard (german)
No Problems to install with Serial.
No Problems to run the application.
January 22nd, 2009 at 2:21
You may include Windows Live OneCare for Server(http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-ca/server/default.htm) in your list of anti-virus programs. I am going to install it and will make further comments later.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:57
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February 1st, 2009 at 17:05
I really suggest that people check out a program called Zemana Antikeylogger. All AV’s and almost all HIPS are totally ineffective against keyloggers, and Zemana’s product is superb for this.
They are currently giving a free 1 year license with the code BETA_10.
It can be found at http://www.zemana.com/list/list.aspx and works great in Server 2008.
February 2nd, 2009 at 15:42
Well Guys I tried F-Secure For Virus & Anti Maleware Working Fine But I Have no Idea About Firewall Because I Did Not Try Yet, If Any of You Know About Which Firewall Is Working Good Let Me Know For Running Win2k8 As Cable Internet Server.
February 2nd, 2009 at 21:23
AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition works on Windows Server 2008 x64. I have tested it.
February 3rd, 2009 at 13:29
On Windows Server 2008 R2 if you use AVG any outbound rules you set in Windows Firewall will not work.
(I set up a profile to block all outgoing traffic and then added rules to allow individual apps such as IE. These worked fine before AVG was installed and after it was uninstalled.)
I don’t know if this also applies to Windows Server 2008.
February 3rd, 2009 at 13:30
P.S. This was the 64bit version and I used the AVG (cough) modification. AVG itself appeared to work fine.
February 5th, 2009 at 1:31
Spybot – Search & Destroy works very fine on x86. No problems so far.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:15
10 years online and I’ve never been infected. Hell, I didn’t even have an infected file on my PC’s until last winter (email attatchment – but I knew it was suspicious).
I don’t even know why I bother with antivirus anymore.
You might as well just use a rescue CD and scan.
February 22nd, 2009 at 17:33
Mhh.. for me AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition don’t work properly ;(
Every time the Virus Scan is at its end, the Computer Crashes with a Kernel_Stack_Inpage_Error.
MfG Pyromane
February 26th, 2009 at 20:29
G-Data Internet Security 2009 x64 http://www.gdata.de – no problems so far!
February 26th, 2009 at 22:16
Spyware Doctor is now 64bit
February 28th, 2009 at 16:38
The newest Comodo Internet Security installed without any problem on server 2008 R2.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html
March 1st, 2009 at 20:38
Updater for Avast! in C# with registry user rights trick:
FreeTextHost: AvastUpd.cs
Arris: I putted the code on FreeTextHost for tidiness and to have the right quotes. Thanks for your comment!
March 2nd, 2009 at 14:52
I think AVG are wise to the work around to install AVG Free on Server 2008 – that is the modded files supplied by Tomass installed for me but now fail to update…
Maybe they are blocking the serial for that particular file?
Anyway, rolling your own; using the up-to-date Free edition .exe with regedit and a hex editor still installs and updates AOK
March 2nd, 2009 at 20:28
Updates Avast! program modules in addition to antivirus databases:
http://freetexthost.com/by1xkjd4fg
March 9th, 2009 at 11:30
avast! Server Edition v4.7 works on x64 Enterprise.
March 9th, 2009 at 11:35
Sorry for the double post — I meant v4.8 and here’s a screenshot:
http://i43.tinypic.com/71qzrr.png
March 25th, 2009 at 2:25
AVG 8.5 just released, and the same exact method that Anon said above works on it just fine for Server 2008
http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/2008/03/08/security-software/#comment-2002
Arris: Updated your post
March 27th, 2009 at 4:11
will Tomass be nice enough to create the custom installation package for this one as well AVG 8.5
March 29th, 2009 at 17:47
BitDefender Total Security 2009 x64 installs and works flawlessly
March 29th, 2009 at 20:52
PC Tools Free Antivirus DOES NOT work on x64. It claims it does not work on 64-bit during install.
March 29th, 2009 at 23:00
ZoneAlarm definitely ruined my Windows 2008 install. It even ruined it twice. First the computer couldn’t reach the login screen, the second time it ruined my network. There was no way I would get the network to work again except reinstalling Windows.
April 1st, 2009 at 9:50
Another way to install Kaspersky Antivirus / Internet Security or any other .msi that gives an error about incompatible OS can be found here:
http://maxbarrass.blogspot.com/2008/09/installing-kaspersky-internet-security.html
The link uses Orca from Microsoft to remove the Incompatible OS error messages from the .msi.
You can do it yourself, so you won’t have to run any fishy scripts or apps and it works perfectly!
April 2nd, 2009 at 22:29
Just tried to install the latest version of Comodo (CIS_Setup_3.8.65951.477_XP_Vista_x32.exe) from http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html and I still get the “The Installed Operating System is not supported by COMODO Firewall Pro.” error.
Any help much appreciated!
DB
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:46
pctools AV does not work for On-access scanning in Windows 2008 x64. The website indicates only support for 32-bit anyways. So we should probably update the compatibility sheet.
April 8th, 2009 at 12:20
avast! Server works on x64
April 9th, 2009 at 14:06
I can happily report that Rising AV installs (and updates) fine on Server 2008 R2 w/Hyper-V (64-bit, of course).
April 9th, 2009 at 14:07
…I might add, Rising AV is free!
April 13th, 2009 at 20:23
I see references in here to R2. I have not found R2 yet and I looked through the MS websites. I have found RC2 which states this is a Release Candidate. I think some of my install problems might be related to an older version Win2008.
Arris: Most people are still working with Windows Server 2008 RTM, however there are already people who are working with the beta of the successor of Server 2008 named Windows Server 2008 R2. The RC2 you found is the 2nd Release Candidate of Windows Server 2008, so a beta version before the Release To Manufacturer (RTM).
April 23rd, 2009 at 17:00
ClamWin Free Antivirus works correctly on Windows 2008 64x edition. I am using it successfully for a couple of months already. No issues.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:21
Notice:
After a clean install of Vista SP2 & Server 2008 SP2 with Outpost Firewall 2009 being the first application installed…
Agntium Outpost Firewall 2009 crashes explorer.exe (event id 1000 /shell32.dll) upon right click on folder in navigation pane (EVERYTIME 100% fail) & sometimes upon right click of normal files.
**Solution: Install WITHOUT Web Control & Anti-Spyware Modules
Also Agntium Outpost Firewall 2009 installation throttles Phenom II quad core performance as if it has TLB issue. Reduces processor bandwith to about 300kbs versus 1600-1800kbs (Tested with phenomII 920 2.8ghz). Upon uninstall, processor functionality is returned to normal. I havent found any workaround to this issue yet.
Arris: Thanks for your feedback!
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:28
Just thought i’d add that I have PC Tools free antivirus & intelliguard installed & running, without a hitch on Enterprise Edition Server 2008 x64.
I did want to install F-Secure Internet Security, but when I tried it said that it could not be installed on a windows server OS…Can anyone point me in the direction of a workaround for this??
Thanks,
May 27th, 2009 at 6:20
NOD32 2.70.39 works OK !!!
June 1st, 2009 at 21:09
Microsoft Forefront Client Security AntiVirus work on both 32-bit & 64-bit Windows 2008 Enterprise Server ***Tested & Confirmed***
June 4th, 2009 at 12:26
Zonealarm Internet Security 8.0 installed and run OK on Winserver 2008 x64.
It warned before installation that is not intended for server OS, but installed without any problems and so far runs OK.
June 12th, 2009 at 23:45
I have been trying out an excellent program called Online Armor. It comes as a freeware Firewall as well as a Firewall +HIPS (which is what I am using). I’ve tested it against many things in my malware collection (including a selection of keyloggers and screen capture trojans) and it has performed superbly.
It runs pretty light at a RAM burden of less than 20,000K with minimal CPU usage. The only problem I’ve encountered has been with Firefox 3.6alpha1 (won’t always let it connect). Other than that it is great!
June 15th, 2009 at 0:53
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June 27th, 2009 at 13:50
What about f-Port
http://files.f-prot.com/files/windows/fpav-windows-x86-sc-en.zip