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If you are on a budget then <a href="http://download.cnet.com/ClamWin-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10369483.html" rel="ugc">ClamWin</a> is pretty decent and it's free. &nbsp;I've used this for a few single server environments and has done a good job.<br />
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Otherwise my personal preference is <a href="http://www.eset.com/us/business/products/antivirus/" rel="ugc">ESET for Business</a>
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If you are on a budget then ClamWin [http://download.cnet.com/ClamWin-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10369483.html] is pretty decent and it's free.  I've used this for a few single server environments and has done a good job.

Otherwise my personal preference is ESET for Business [http://www.eset.com/us/business/products/antivirus/]

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Kaspersky AV is what I recommend, it does take some tweaking for your environment, but I feel its the best product.
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Kaspersky AV is what I recommend, it does take some tweaking for your environment, but I feel its the best product.

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Sophos is a good one for enterprise systems.
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Sophos is a good one for enterprise systems.

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I would like to use Kaspersky, but from what i was told it only comes in a 5 pack.
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I would like to use Kaspersky, but from what i was told it only comes in a 5 pack.

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Clam doesn't patrol. &nbsp;Kaspersky and Eset are pretty bloated. &nbsp;You can use Microsoft Security Essentials on Server but it's unsupported:<br />
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<a href="http://migeel.sk/blog/2009/10/17/security-essentials-on-windows-server/" rel="ugc">http://migeel.sk/blog/2009/10/17/security-essentials-on-windows-server/</a>
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Clam doesn't patrol.  Kaspersky and Eset are pretty bloated.  You can use Microsoft Security Essentials on Server but it's unsupported:

http://migeel.sk/blog/2009/10/17/security-essentials-on-windows-server/ [http://migeel.sk/blog/2009/10/17/security-essentials-on-windows-server/]

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forgot to enclose link for sophos.<br />
<a href="http://www.sophos.com/en-us/your-needs/features.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.sophos.com/en-us/your-needs/features.aspx</a>
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forgot to enclose link for sophos.
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/your-needs/features.aspx [http://www.sophos.com/en-us/your-needs/features.aspx]

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I had a client with AVG, it works better than you'd think.<br />
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<a href="http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-file-server-edition" rel="ugc">http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-file-server-edition</a>
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I had a client with AVG, it works better than you'd think.

http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-file-server-edition [http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-file-server-edition]

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I am looking for an anti-virus program for my standalone server. It's running Server 2008 R2 foundation. Any good recommendations?
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I am looking for an anti-virus program for my standalone server. It's running Server 2008 R2 foundation. Any good recommendations?

Anti-Virus for Server 2008 R2 Foundation

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.

Anti-Virus Apps

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.