What Anti-Virus for Windows Server?

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I've been using AVG for my Windows 2003 Server boxes for the past few years. The subscription is about to expire and I'm wondering if there is something better with a similar price range. I believe I paid $150 for a 2 year 2 server license.

What anti-virus programs are available now for a windows server that is either free or low cost with a good track record?

http://superuser.com/questions/31235/should-i-run-an-antivirus-in-a-windows-server/ — warren, Sep 20 '09 at 15:11

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 02 '09 at 00:43

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ClamWin works quite well, and is free. On the paid front, NOD32 seems to be a quiet winner in lots of ways.

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+1 for NOD32 (although you might find it called ESET Anti-Virus these days.) – Evan May 02 '09 at 01:59
thanks! my email program SmarterMail uses ClamAV so it must be decent. – Brian Boatright May 02 '09 at 19:30
I may be wrong, but I thought development of the windows port for Clam was stopped. Did they bring it back? If they did it's awesome. – MDMarra Sep 20 '09 at 16:42

Tom Willwerth · Answer 2 · 2009-09-20T14:55:28.690

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ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition
Highly regarded and small footprint.
I switched the AV on all Windows servers on my network to this from Symantec Endpoint Protection and I noticed a pretty good speed boost. They have been very reasonable on renewal costs as well.

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answered May 02 '09 at 19:32

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thanks for the extra info about Endpoint. After the prev answers about NOD32 I checked it out but it is a good bit more than Endpoint. Probably for good reason ;-) – Brian Boatright May 02 '09 at 20:14

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '09 at 04:45

Take a look at Symantec's Endpoint Protection Manager, it's actually quite cheap. look at the bundles on 3rd party sitges -- buycheapsoftware for example, not the single user costs on the Symantec site. I think we did 30 users for $300... and a user can be a server.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:16

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A similar question was asked on SuperUser - Should I run an antivirus in a Windows Server?

Several items have been pointed out there :)

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answered Sep 20 '09 at 15:12

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 04 '09 at 02:32

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Spyware Terminator is FREE and works integrated with ClamAV. It's the only good antispyware/antivirus free solution for Windows Server...

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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Microsoft ForeFront

It's not free, but definitely manageable within your Windows Domain. The ninja-admin can roll out the program automatically, and have updates sent out immediately.

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