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Could you guys please tell me which is the best antivirus to run on a Windows Server 2003 Web Edition?
Or what is the best protection for a server that will be hosting web pages available to everybody (www)?
I'm afraid to publish the websites without some sort of antivirus in the machine. That would be risky, wouldn't it?
PLEASE HELP!
Thanks in advance,
Kiko
Ask your ISP or Server provider.
2nd best is to know how to correctly configure your server, shut down all unnecessary services etc, set all permissions correctly. If you don't do this, it won't matter what you are running, it will get taken over.
But if you need to use Windows 2003, I can tell you that I've been working with Macafee enterprise stuff, that's total junk, it misses so many major trojans it's not funny, it's almost like not having antivirus at all except you think you do.
I'm not a big norton fan either.
You might check into nod32 or Kasparsky, there's a few others out there that are pretty decent, nod32 got the highest recommendation from a guy who's pretty into the ins and outs of AV software weaknesses.
What's funny is that you'll think your Norton or Macafee is doing a good job, then one day you run something like Antivir, Pandasoft online scan, trend micro online scan, and lo and behold the box you thought was virus and trojan free is occupied by several major infections, happily using your server for its own purposes.
Excellent product.
For my home use I've switched to antivir, tiny, not bloated app like Norton or Macafee, I realized that I know perfectly well when an email contains a virus, I don't use IE, I don't use Outlook or Outlook express, I don't view html emails anymore [thunderbird, in other words]. I also know when I am visiting a dangerous site, so I take the proper precautions. I don't think the free version is good enough for standard users, but I think it's ok if you are not a newbie type, and if you know better than to click on or view email attachments of uncertain origin. Plus it catches a bunch of stuff that macafee and norton miss, and can delete stuff running as processes.
Good to hear another yes on Nod32, I've been thinking of changing my clients to that but hadn't gotten around to it, but if I run some malware / trojan scans on their machines, which have been running Norton for several years and find standard worms, trojans, etc, I'm pulling norton off those permanently. Or rather, more accurately, when I find that malware, since it's certain it's there. When I ran antivir on my norton protected box it found several trojans hidden in some compressed files of dubious origin that NAV had never found in all that time.
I've heard of Nod32 and after what you said will probably be going for it.
I'm glad I read that stuff about Norton and McAfee, 'cause they were my first options in the list. But not anymore!
By the way, that Pandasoft online scanner is brilliant! Does anybody know if it has a limit of usage? And if there are any more of this scanners online?
Thanks for the help!
Kiko
Most people I know who have used Norton have ditched it. I've never been impressed by McCafee or Kaspersky products but I haven't tried either for three or four years.
Kaled.
