Hi all,
I have Windows Server 2008R2 from Microsoft, and got it free through their student program. Avast 4 Home Edition has always worked on it but Avast 5 beta won’t update itself complaining it’s on a server OS.
What gives?
Is Avast getting ready to tell me to cough it up too and lead me to some $300 version?
I’m surprised avast 4.8 worked as you are running a server OS and avast is a client side antivirus not a server version (which are more expensive). This has always been the sace and I don’t know how you got avast to run under a server OS.
So, what gives, avast isn’t meant to run on a server OS, for that you need a server version, which you won’t find for free.
Avast 4 installs fine.
Contemplating the problem of Avast 5, I ended up uninstalling Avast and using a registry trick to fool Avira into installing. It is a shame that these antivirus companies gouge so bad for a server edition, but I suppose they know they can sell these uber-profitable licenses to big megacorporations. Unfortunately, I’m not made of money.
They probably wouldn’t lose any money by letting the freeware install on Windows Server just because companies probably need something the Server edition has (hell if I know).
Well I have seen lots of topics where avast 4.8 doesn’t install just fine on a server OS, without hacking.
Server OSes are generally used by business so the cost of a server antivirus solution is a business expense.