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      Hi,

       What are the forum members Anti-Virus Software recomendation for the WHS.

      TIA,

      mc

    Monday, February 19, 2007 7:25 PM

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    I am using McAfee Enterprise AV 8.0i with no problems.
    Monday, February 19, 2007 8:28 PM
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    Saturday i installed WHS & yesterday i installed 2- clients (XP x86 & Vista x86) with no problem.

     

    I did receive a antivirus warning baloon that WHS was unprotected so i installed 'Avast! Server Enterprise' (free 60 day trial).

    It did a boot scan & appears to be working, doing its job

     

    http://www.avast.com/eng/download-server-edition.html

    Monday, February 19, 2007 8:28 PM

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    I haven't found a private user av solution that works on WHS because they don't support server operating systems.

    Monday, February 19, 2007 7:40 PM
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    I am using McAfee Enterprise AV 8.0i with no problems.
    Monday, February 19, 2007 8:28 PM
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    Saturday i installed WHS & yesterday i installed 2- clients (XP x86 & Vista x86) with no problem.

     

    I did receive a antivirus warning baloon that WHS was unprotected so i installed 'Avast! Server Enterprise' (free 60 day trial).

    It did a boot scan & appears to be working, doing its job

     

    http://www.avast.com/eng/download-server-edition.html

    Monday, February 19, 2007 8:28 PM
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    You can bet that the major Anti-virus software companies (Trend Micro, Symantec, etc) will be developing solutions for WHS.  Feel free to contact each of them and ask to beta test their solution - i'm sure they'd love the feedback.

    I personally use Trend products, so I'll be on Trend's list to test their WHS solution. 

    Kevin
    Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:33 AM
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     Tom Ziegmann wrote:
    I am using McAfee Enterprise AV 8.0i with no problems.

     Hi,

    ClamWin also installed and runs OK, doing more testing as it is a free solution and ideal for a home box.

    mc

    Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:09 PM
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    Is there a server version of Onecare that is being developed for WHS?
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:10 AM
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    Be careful with OneCare. MS finished dead last in a recent survey of anti-virus/malware software.
    Saturday, March 24, 2007 7:01 PM
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    I have installed Sophos Anti-Virus 6.5.3.  Seems to be working OK.
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:02 AM
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    I'm running McAfee 8.0i also on my WHS box, installed it right after setup completed. I was very surprised to see nothing mentioned about anti-virus in the documentation, considering multiple pc's are supposed to be backing up onto a WHS. Any house with teenagers using MSN or P2P will have virus infected files sooner or later, and it only takes being a few hours behind in updating to get nailed these days. Sure enough they'll put something tainted in a share on the server:-) I was expecting to see a Security Center type of warning for the server itself?
    Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:04 PM
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    I have installed the Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition on my WHS and it seems to be working.
    Tuesday, March 27, 2007 4:49 AM
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     haole wrote:

    Saturday i installed WHS & yesterday i installed 2- clients (XP x86 & Vista x86) with no problem.

     

    I did receive a antivirus warning baloon that WHS was unprotected so i installed 'Avast! Server Enterprise' (free 60 day trial).

    It did a boot scan & appears to be working, doing its job

     

    http://www.avast.com/eng/download-server-edition.html

     

    I installed Avast on WHS and it's been scanning for a total of 12 hours on a a total of 750GB  (320GB, 20GB SYS and 500GB), only 500GB full. Should it usually take this long? I also tried AVG internet security 7.5 and it takes about just as long. It's not that defragmeted, becasue i have diskeeper WHS edition 2007 running. I was also considering Trend Micro's network edition. Which of the three above does anyone recomend? Or are there any better ones?

     

    ADTU Enterprises

    Monday, October 22, 2007 8:52 PM
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    I take it the version of Avast you are using the beta version for WHS? If so, then it could be taking that long because its a beta, and there are several issues with it at the moment,

     

    If you are not using the WHS specific version that again, that could be your reason.

    You really need to use an antivirus solution designed specifically for WHS otherwise it may not work as expected.


    Andrew

    Monday, October 22, 2007 9:22 PM
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    What is the usuall amount of time it takes to scan 500GB of data? Becasue i also tried AVG and it takes the same amount of time!

     

    ADTU Enterprises

    Monday, October 22, 2007 10:01 PM
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    Hi all, 

    I am using the HP Mediasmart Server and got the McAfee add-in automatically downloaded a couple of days after first installation. However after installing the add-in the server started behaving very strangely. The admin console stopped working, backups of client computers stopped working, and I had difficulties connecting to the servier. Several attempts to configure the software and several restarts of the server didn't make it better; nothing seemed to help. Well, except uninstalling McAfee of course. After I uninstalled the McAfee AV add-in everything works smoothly again. 
    Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:40 AM
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    I had something of the same kind of problem with McAfee, so I nuked it & have been running Avast! for WHS for over amonth now. No problems whatsoever.
    Tuesday, September 23, 2008 2:18 PM
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    i am running f-secure 2009 beta for the whs and the pro 2009 on the desktop pc xp 3 runs great and it scans a smal terrabyte under 3 hours 
    avast ran great  norton wasent to happy about norton had the norton lagg severly ccoudent watch a movie anymore from the whs  



    still trying to reinstall the damn thing whithout transferring al the data tho :( and it does see all the drives        running for 2 years now no mayor problems so far  
    Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:26 PM
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    Why not get a really good gateway/router that implements a gateway antivirus solution as opposed to installing any AntiVirus directly on the server. –That’s how I do it and could not be happier.

    Saturday, September 27, 2008 9:23 PM
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    Alexander Kent said:

    Why not get a really good gateway/router that implements a gateway antivirus solution as opposed to installing any AntiVirus directly on the server. –That’s how I do it and could not be happier.



    Can you name which gateway/router you use? Sounds interesting.
    Saturday, September 27, 2008 10:04 PM
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    Sure – For my home network and Windows Home Server protection I am using the SonicWALL TZ180 with the Intrusion Prevention Service which includes IDS/Gateway Anti Virus and AntiSpyware service etc; I highly recommend this sort of approach over an on the server install solution besides SonicWALL’s use patented deep packet inspection (best in class) not just Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) which dare I say is pretty much worthless… my company does a lot of network centric penetration testing (datacenters/co-locations/businesses) but even for residential usage the SonicWALL WIFI is a lot harder to hack then others. In a nutshell most threats today are financially motivated and hence are carefully designed to be a stealthy as possible; I doubt you will get a popup that says “Ha ha ha I am a Virus” rather key logging and trojan horses and buffer overflows are the norm and one really needs a total protection umbrella which SonicWALL refers to as it’s Unified Threat Management (UMT) technology. Anyhow i dont want to sound like a commerical just trying to help and perhaps bring another angle/approach forward for one's Windows Home Server secruity context consideration.

    Here is a propaganda video geared towards business but just throwing it out there: http://sonicwall.com/img/UTM/swf/ (2nd video)

    Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:14 PM
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    Alexander Kent said:

    Sure – For my home network and Windows Home Server protection I am using the SonicWALL TZ180 with the Intrusion Prevention Service which includes IDS/Gateway Anti Virus and AntiSpyware service etc; I highly recommend this sort of approach over an on the server install solution besides SonicWALL’s use patented deep packet inspection (best in class) not just Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) which dare I say is pretty much worthless… my company does a lot of network centric penetration testing (datacenters/co-locations/businesses) but even for residential usage the SonicWALL WIFI is a lot harder to hack then others. In a nutshell most threats today are financially motivated and hence are carefully designed to be a stealthy as possible; I doubt you will get a popup that says “Ha ha ha I am a Virus” rather key logging and trojan horses and buffer overflows are the norm and one really needs a total protection umbrella which SonicWALL refers to as it’s Unified Threat Management (UMT) technology. Anyhow i dont want to sound like a commerical just trying to help and perhaps bring another angle/approach forward for one's Windows Home Server secruity context consideration.

    Here is a propaganda video geared towards business but just throwing it out there: http://sonicwall.com/img/UTM/swf/ (2nd video)



    With this $500 + annual subscription facility, are you able to eliminate security software on all the clients, as well as on the WHS? If so, I like it.
    Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:28 PM
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    Correct, my windows home server and networked PC’s i.e. media center pc, iMac, etc do not have any antivirus/spyware client or firewall software installed at all. The only exception being my laptop but even that is provided by SonicWALL who partner with McAfee for their enterprise security suite. Granted these appliances are a bit of an investment but if one shops it one can get a relatively good deal thru resellers besides these are said to last a good 5years.

    Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:06 AM
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    I use F-Prot Antivirus, it is advertised as supporting Windows Server 2003. Get cover for 5 computers (inc Linux) for one annual subscription. Has served me well for a number of years.

    John
    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:04 PM
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    GD0NFN said:

    I use F-Prot Antivirus, it is advertised as supporting Windows Server 2003. Get cover for 5 computers (inc Linux) for one annual subscription. Has served me well for a number of years.

    John


    But it's not designed for Windows Home Server.  WHS handles files differently than other OSes and it may generate false positives.  You should only install an A/V that is WHS-aware.
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:20 AM
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    A note for others: SonicWall routers are great; I have one myself. They do not eliminate the need for malware protection on your home computers!!! They do a good job with certain types of attacks, but they won't protect you against everything. Please use good AV/Spyware/etc. software on all your home PCs.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:21 PM
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