Antivirus for IIS6 / Win 2003 Web Edition

[KeirMc]

Hi all, I'm new to this forum but it looks really good. Hope you can help.

I am just in the process of getting a dedicated Win 2003 Web Server with IIS6. I am just after some opinions on Antivirus protection.

Is antivirus software really necessary on a Web server? What package would you recommend for above setup? If I don't want to fork out the money for a physical firewall is a software firewall worth it for above setup?

Any opinions much appreciated.

Keir

 

[koquito]

Actually you should think at the same time you buy the Web server on bying the antivirus for it. It is very important for a web server to have Antivirus.
I would recommend Norton or McAfee products.
If your server is really important to you as well as the information it contains, you should invest in a hardware firewall. NOw if you will be only playing with the serve to learn, and not really have impoart things on it, then you could switch to a software firewall like Zonealarm Pro , or other similar.

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[KeirMc]

Oh yeah, I won't go live with the server until antivirus on there.

You suggest Norton or McAfee. Can you be more specific as I go on their sites and it's so confusing with the number of products. All I use my server for is hosting multiple websites. I just want general protection against viruses. What ACTUAL product do you suggest?