Anti Virus

Not having run one of those versions there are a few free programs like AVG you can try to see if they will run. While Norton and McAffee are at the bottom of the list for retail you might want to look at Trend Micro's lineup for a full versiion if the others like AVG, Avast, or other free programs don't.

Panda, AVIRA, and Norton have Windows server versions available. Trend Micro also offers their own Internet Security software seen at http://shop.trendmicro.com/?OVRAW=antivirus%20for%20windows%20server&OVKEY=anti%20virus%20for%20window%20server&OVMTC=standard&OVADID=12490124511&OVKWID=91630582511

Panda gets a good review in the following article as the leader there. The review on the Server 2003 edition and even an ad for PC-cillin can be seen at http://antivirus.about.com/od/vendorpressreleases/a/pr041503.htm?terms=antivirus+windows+server
 
Hi there i run a server at work, If i was you i would use McAfee antivirus program or Kapersky i wouldn't recommend any others. Firewall programs (good ones) will cost you, but if you want a free one then Zone Alarm is quite good. hope this helps if you would like specific software recommendations, then don't hesitate to contact me on here or through my e-mail or private messaging.

Thanks,

Chris
 
The free version of Zone Alarm lacks quite a bit while Kaspersky is one of the better retail prodicts. To see if a free firewall will run there Comodo or Jetico rate far better then the limits seen on the free edition.

For Antivirus Grisoft's professional products far outweigh McAfee and can be looked over at http://www.grisoft.com/doc/21/us/crp/0 When you scroll down the page there it will list everything from 98 through MS Exchange and Lotus as supported including Linux platforms.
 
I agree with CP eye, i use AVG with my desktop and Server and it is a great program and never seems to fail, the best imo.
 
Kornowski said:
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Yeah, I use AVG and I think it's great, although if you don't like it, consider looking at AVAST.
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I remember my Avast! Phase, i thought it was the best until it stopped being compatiable with Vista for some reason, now its second best :)

imo of course :D
 
With the multiboot of both XPs and Vista Home Premium I installed the same build for the AVG 7.5 and it went right on with no problems. When giving Avast a comparison sometime back it seemed to work more like what the antiphising filter now seen in IE 7 does. For trojans copied onto the drive by a site AVG sprang to life one day while I had it totally disabled from starting up including the IE shield. Something in the trojan's coding triggered AVG there fast. It was quickly removed since AVG pointed out it's exact location. There's a new 7/510 build out at the moment to go for.
 
Kaspersky has good reports on it for a retail product. It's up there along with the better names. The most common complained about are Norton and McAfee being at the bottom. Panda is another retail seeing favorable reviews. The thing about AVG besides Grisoft having a free version for home use is that it will auto update itself until a new build is out.
 
PC eye said:
Kaspersky has good reports on it for a retail product. It's up there along with the better names. The most common complained about are Norton and McAfee being at the bottom. Panda is another retail seeing favorable reviews. The thing about AVG besides Grisoft having a free version for home use is that it will auto update itself until a new build is out.
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Thanks man for the support...! :)
 
I've really been happy with Mcafee Anti-Virus. My dad works for Mcafee so we get free Interprise Software. It constantly runs scans or you can set dates that you want it to run a scan. It also detects registries, cookies, and PUP's (Poetinially Unwanted Programs) I running on Windows XP Pro SP2 and Never had a virus problem...
 
A good firewall will protect against unwanted programs far better then McAfee. You just haven't been infected with something that will slip right past it yet. Ad-Aware is a freeware and will detect new registry values for adbots and browser hijackers easy enough. That will also delete your offline content like user names and passwords for various online accounts including your ISP's own when removing the mru+ seen after a scan completes.
 
Oh trust me I have seen bad... I've Trojans so bad that my computer won't even boot up because it crashed my hard drive.
 
Get Avast pro...it wont let you down ;)

even though im currently using NOD32 which is goo too.
 
I haven't used a retail antivirus software in some time now other then giving the PC-cillin shareware version a good run. McAfee and Symantec System Works where both dumped soon after trying those out in those days. AVG has been good here for years since the 4.5 or similar build was out. But no complaints heard on NOD 32 to date.
 
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