AntiVirus on MS Server 08

[Curio]

So we currently have Avast Server running on our RDP Sever. A couple of weeks ago all our e-mail went down. Our server support company looked into and it turns out that Avast was apparently corrupting our Exchange database (on a side note, has anybody heard of this before?) so it had to be disabled. Our license(s) were about to expire for Avast anyway, so right now I'm looking for alternatives.

Does MS Security Essentials work OK in a server environment? How does the licensing work - done a search and it's all a bit vague.

Anything else I should look at or avoid?

Ta!

 

[Curio]

Thanks chaps. I'm trying to learn more about the server side but I've only been here a few months and basic tech support is only one of my duties.

OK, from what I can gather, we're running virtual servers. It seems our older servers were retired into a purely storage role. Then a new server was purchased and is setup with (ESXi?)virtual servers as follows...

TS01 - RDP

SBS01 - RDP gateway, DNS, DC, File, Exchange

SBS02 - Sage, print, DHCP

Avast seems to reside in SBS01. I don't really understand how everything interacts. Does the above setup make sense? We have 12 users btw.

Any advice would be much appreciated! I'd like to be able to understand this more so I can fix stuff myself and not have to rely on the support company as much!

 

[Curio]

TS01 doesn't appear to have any AV installed - I'm only seeing it on SBS01. Is that because SBS01 is the RDP gateway maybe?

The exact product is Avast 4.8 Server.

Just had a quick look around and it seems there was a proper Exchange Server version released after 4.8, then the latest version is just called Email Server and specifically states it supports Exchange. I'm guessing our older version had issues with Exchange.