It actually found two different trojans hiding in a backup of a machine that had been recently infected. The backup data from the clients on network. It works with very little administration. The Vipre has been working well, it is very low in resource use. I tried several other solutions and none worked at all. I am using Vipre Antivirus 2012 on my Windows Home Server 2011 installation. G Data Internet Security for Home Server is sold internationally, is available in the UK, but so far has not gotten good reviews (frankly it sounds like alpha.

That being said, there are no advertised WHS2011 security software products available in the USA. Web enabled you had better have the MS12-020 auto update installed or you are already infected). Take a look at this month's MS12-020 vulnerability (remote desktop protocol can be broken prior to authentication if your WHS2011 is remote I wonder if Windows Defender is 'good enough' for the server? I would say 'No' based on some of the threats out there. It is an old-school antivirus program (meaning it only scans for signatures)Īnd does not contain the advanced features and malware behavior detection techniques that are typical of commercial security software today. It scans incoming programs for known malware threats and can be set up to scan the harddrive for the same malware signatures.

WHS2011 contains Windows Defender turned on by default. I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. I don't know if Kaspersky*or* AVG supports their products on Windows Home Server 2011. Vipre tech support says they're 'testing', but it's not officially supported yet. I've had no problems on my test box, but you never know what may happen in the future. I haveĪlso been testing Drivebender on this test box and they are working well together.Ĭaveat: I do not recommend this on real world production boxes at this time. It's been running on my test box since June 2 with no ill effects. To get the updates and virus definitions, you need to activate Microsoft Update in Windows Update. If you have a TechNet subscription, you might want to download and test.

I recommend reading all posts before proceeding. I've got Forefront Client Security (Technet) running on my test box with WHS 2011.

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