Or check out Immunet, which is also free, and although Server 2012 isn’t officially supported, I’ve read some threads on people who got it running. I can’t say I didn’t learn anything today, man!Īs for some of the alternatives, and for those of you who might me interested, have a look at Clamwin, it’s free and officially supports 2012. So now that you know, go one and use SE if you still want to, use one of the other mentioned alternatives or keep looking and do let me know as soon as you find anything useful. As I mentioned on Linked-In as well, I don’t see any harm in fooling around with SE this way. I’m also looking into running some additional scans from time to time using another third party product. In my case I’m using it on a single server setup for home use purposes only, running a few VM’s. Also, to clear up some other misconceptions and while we’re at it:ĭon’t us this method in a production environment of any kind, also don’t use it in a test environment which is being used to test, or simulate, other products and services which will eventually end up in a production environments as well! But since I was only looking for some basic protection and SE was my first choice, I decided to give it go using the method described below. If you want full protection, go with one of the supported AV solutions listed below or just buy one instead. UPDATE: Since i have been getting some really negative comments on this post I’d like to point out, something which I probably should have done right from the start, that using SE on a Server OS, no mater which version, doesn’t give you full protection, so be aware. Besides that, I’ve also seen several websites reviewing SE and it comes out reasonably well. Something which I doubt is out there for free (suggestions are welcome by the way). And since it’s ‘just’ a small test setup for home use purposes only it doesn’t really need to be equipped with Enterprise worthy protection anyway. Yes, I know, there are alternatives, even free ones, I just like the simplicity and general look and feel of Security Essentials, can’t help it. I also ran into an issue with my wireless network card.Īlthough Security Essential will not be supported (no hack for that :-), it’s relatively easy to install on Server 2012. Unfortunately it didn’t work nor is it supported in any way, till I found this useful hack (I know, it’s actually a workaround, hack just makes it sound way cooler). Before I started using OS X I always used Microsoft Security Essentials, so I thought I’d give it a go on Server 2012 as well. I’ve been using my Mac exclusively during the past 12 to 13 months or so, that’s right, it’s all I have, so I wasn’t really up to speed with some of the free AV solutions out there.
Just recently, while configuring my new virtual test setup at home (server 2012), one of the things I though about was what anti virus software to use.
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