I missed this back in October, but the Tinkertry site has an excellent walkthrough on installing Microsoft’s free Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011. As you’ll know, Microsoft currently blocks the installation of their Security Essentials application on WHS, so Forefront Client Security is the next best thing.
You’ll need an MSDN or Technet subscription to get hold of the software, but from there, you can follow the instructions and you’re good to go.
Microsoft Forefront Client Security runs on Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, and Windows Home Server v1, no MOM required!
If you already have a Microsoft MSDN or TechNet (paid) subscription, you can try Microsoft Forefront Client Security on your Windows Home Server, and it seems to work well. What’s the catch? There are several, but none are really show-stoppers:
1) as always, you are responsible for following the EULA in your Microsoft TechNet or MSDN subscription.
2) Microsoft does not list these Home Server variants in the Client Computer section of Microsoft Forefront Client Security.
Microsoft doesn’t list Home Servers among the supported OSs here, so it seems likely that you are totally unsupported.3) Microsoft does not list these Home Server variants in the Client Computer section of Microsoft Forefront Client Security 2010.
Microsoft not only doesn’t list Home Servers among the supported OSs here, but the installer FEPInstall.exe won’t even run, so using the older version (but updating with latest signatures) might just be a dead-end or stop-gap measure, I’m not claiming this is an ideal long-term solution:
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