Free AV for Win2003

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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> If you are running Win2003 Server than you won't find FREE AV software.
> Servers are not
> workstations. Go BUY an a corp/enterprise version of software for the
> server.
>

Servers are not workstations? How astute.

I would BUY a copy of a suitable product, if it was similar in price and
features to the desktop equivalents. I can't afford to pay £200 for a 5-user
server AV product, and I haven't found anything simpler/cheaper. I only want
to protect the server in the same way as your average retail AV app protects
a desktop...

I'm not a corporation. This is for my home server; it's barely even a
server - it's main use is to provide me with a Server SQL/IIS6 development
environment, which I use to support to small charities and for my own
learning. So I can't afford to pay for the enterprise-strength products.

So if anyone else knows of any free or cheap AV packages that will run on a
server, let me know...

Chris

I have also been looking for an affordable desktop-like AntiVirus solution
for the server editions of Windows with no luck. The best affordable
alternative I have come up with is to map the server drives on my desktop
and use the on-demand/scheduled scan capability. Luckily, my AntiVirus
software seems to scan the network drives, although much more slowly. I have
to live without the Online/RT scanning capability. I rationalize I can get
away with this since I am also using it as a development server and don't
really download and run stuff on this machine. I figure the only way a virus
is going to try and infect this box is through my desktop anyway, which is
protected.

"cjm" <cjmnews04.DeleteThis@removeme.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> news:ryIge.17100$hb1.14295@trnddc05...
> >
> > If you are running Win2003 Server than you won't find FREE AV software.
> > Servers are not
> > workstations. Go BUY an a corp/enterprise version of software for the
> > server.
> >
>
> Servers are not workstations? How astute.
>
> I would BUY a copy of a suitable product, if it was similar in price and
> features to the desktop equivalents. I can't afford to pay £200 for a
5-user
> server AV product, and I haven't found anything simpler/cheaper. I only
want
> to protect the server in the same way as your average retail AV app
protects
> a desktop...
>
> I'm not a corporation. This is for my home server; it's barely even a
> server - it's main use is to provide me with a Server SQL/IIS6 development
> environment, which I use to support to small charities and for my own
> learning. So I can't afford to pay for the enterprise-strength products.
>
> So if anyone else knows of any free or cheap AV packages that will run on
a
> server, let me know...
>
> Chris
>
>
>

I have also been looking for an affordable desktop-like AntiVirus solution
for the server editions of Windows with no luck. The best affordable
alternative I have come up with is to map the server drives on my desktop
and use the on-demand/scheduled scan capability. Luckily, my AntiVirus
software seems to scan the network drives, although much more slowly. I have
to live without the Online/RT scanning capability. I rationalize I can get
away with this since I am also using it as a development server and don't
really download and run stuff on this machine. I figure the only way a virus
is going to try and infect this box is through my desktop anyway, which is
protected.

"cjm" <cjmnews04 RemoveThis @removeme.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:428a1b15_1@x-privat.org...
>
> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> news:ryIge.17100$hb1.14295@trnddc05...
> >
> > If you are running Win2003 Server than you won't find FREE AV software.
> > Servers are not
> > workstations. Go BUY an a corp/enterprise version of software for the
> > server.
> >
>
> Servers are not workstations? How astute.
>
> I would BUY a copy of a suitable product, if it was similar in price and
> features to the desktop equivalents. I can't afford to pay £200 for a
5-user
> server AV product, and I haven't found anything simpler/cheaper. I only
want
> to protect the server in the same way as your average retail AV app
protects
> a desktop...
>
> I'm not a corporation. This is for my home server; it's barely even a
> server - it's main use is to provide me with a Server SQL/IIS6 development
> environment, which I use to support to small charities and for my own
> learning. So I can't afford to pay for the enterprise-strength products.
>
> So if anyone else knows of any free or cheap AV packages that will run on
a
> server, let me know...
>
> Chris
>
>
>

"John" <spam RemoveThis @isbadnewsdot.com> wrote in
news:2dOdnUivK-pjqxLfRVn-1Q@comcast.com:

> I have also been looking for an affordable desktop-like AntiVirus
> solution for the server editions of Windows with no luck. The best
> affordable alternative I have come up with is to map the server drives
> on my desktop and use the on-demand/scheduled scan capability.
> Luckily, my AntiVirus software seems to scan the network drives,
> although much more slowly. I have to live without the Online/RT
> scanning capability. I rationalize I can get away with this since I am
> also using it as a development server and don't really download and
> run stuff on this machine. I figure the only way a virus is going to
> try and infect this box is through my desktop anyway, which is
> protected.
>
> "cjm" <cjmnews04 RemoveThis @removeme.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:428a1b15_1@x-privat.org...
>>
>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>> news:ryIge.17100$hb1.14295@trnddc05...
>> >
>> > If you are running Win2003 Server than you won't find FREE AV
>> > software. Servers are not
>> > workstations. Go BUY an a corp/enterprise version of software for
>> > the server.
>> >
>>
>> Servers are not workstations? How astute.
>>
>> I would BUY a copy of a suitable product, if it was similar in price
>> and features to the desktop equivalents. I can't afford to pay £200
>> for a
> 5-user
>> server AV product, and I haven't found anything simpler/cheaper. I
>> only
> want
>> to protect the server in the same way as your average retail AV app
> protects
>> a desktop...
>>
>> I'm not a corporation. This is for my home server; it's barely even a
>> server - it's main use is to provide me with a Server SQL/IIS6
>> development environment, which I use to support to small charities
>> and for my own learning. So I can't afford to pay for the
>> enterprise-strength products.
>>
>> So if anyone else knows of any free or cheap AV packages that will
>> run on
> a
>> server, let me know...
>>

Well why does it have to be a server? You can run SQL Server and IIS 6 on
the Win 2k pro or XP Pro workstation versions and you can find an AV
solution free or not free that will run on those versions of the O/S(s).

If you're hanging on the Win 2k3 O/S, then you'll have to pay for a
server version AV that will run on Win 2k3.

Duane

"John" <spam.RemoveThis@isbadnewsdot.com> wrote in
news:2dOdnUivK-pjqxLfRVn-1Q@comcast.com:

> I have also been looking for an affordable desktop-like AntiVirus
> solution for the server editions of Windows with no luck. The best
> affordable alternative I have come up with is to map the server drives
> on my desktop and use the on-demand/scheduled scan capability.
> Luckily, my AntiVirus software seems to scan the network drives,
> although much more slowly. I have to live without the Online/RT
> scanning capability. I rationalize I can get away with this since I am
> also using it as a development server and don't really download and
> run stuff on this machine. I figure the only way a virus is going to
> try and infect this box is through my desktop anyway, which is
> protected.
>
> "cjm" <cjmnews04.RemoveThis@removeme.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:428a1b15_1@x-privat.org...
>>
>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>> news:ryIge.17100$hb1.14295@trnddc05...
>> >
>> > If you are running Win2003 Server than you won't find FREE AV
>> > software. Servers are not
>> > workstations. Go BUY an a corp/enterprise version of software for
>> > the server.
>> >
>>
>> Servers are not workstations? How astute.
>>
>> I would BUY a copy of a suitable product, if it was similar in price
>> and features to the desktop equivalents. I can't afford to pay £200
>> for a
> 5-user
>> server AV product, and I haven't found anything simpler/cheaper. I
>> only
> want
>> to protect the server in the same way as your average retail AV app
> protects
>> a desktop...
>>
>> I'm not a corporation. This is for my home server; it's barely even a
>> server - it's main use is to provide me with a Server SQL/IIS6
>> development environment, which I use to support to small charities
>> and for my own learning. So I can't afford to pay for the
>> enterprise-strength products.
>>
>> So if anyone else knows of any free or cheap AV packages that will
>> run on
> a
>> server, let me know...
>>

Well why does it have to be a server? You can run SQL Server and IIS 6 on
the Win 2k pro or XP Pro workstation versions and you can find an AV
solution free or not free that will run on those versions of the O/S(s).

If you're hanging on the Win 2k3 O/S, then you'll have to pay for a
server version AV that will run on Win 2k3.

Duane

On Thu, 12 May 2005 11:57:32 +0100, "cjm"
<cjmnews04.TakeThisOut@removeme.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>I'm after a free (or v.cheap) AV scanner for my home Win2003 box. I use
>Avast elsewhere and I'm very happy with it, but it doesnt run on server OSs.
>
>I dont need any server-specific feature, just some thing to provide basic
>on-access scanning for when we're working on the server.
>
>I've got ClamWin as backup but it's not an on-access scanner.
>
>Any suggestions?

I went thru this drill a few months ago when my McAfee subscription
expired and the new version wouldn't load on my home network's domain
controller (win2K advanced server). I downloaded eval copies from
several manufacturers' websites and tried them until I found one I was
happy with. I finally went with the Bitdefender 8.

Disclaimer: there are several more good companies that I either could
not find/access their site quickly, there was no eval software, or I
wasn't interested enough in what I saw on their website to download
their eval copy. Also, the prices are from the manufacturer's website
and may be available cheaper from other sources.

When you pick one, be sure to download the eval copy and make sure it
will install and run.

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