Posted by on Mar 13 2013 in.Forefront, remarkably, has worked nicely on Windows Home Servers since 2007.How to install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server v1How to install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011How to install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Server 2012 EssentialsThe thing is, it's entirely unsupported, and Forefront's future is anything but certain. See Mary Jo Foley's, with support likely ending in 2015.

I received a lot of questions regarding compatible antivirus tools for Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 as there is no built-in installed antivirus tool with these flavors of server operating system. Windows defender is pre-installed with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. While trying to install Microsoft Security Essential in Windows. Jan 20, 2015  Here’s what needs to be done to get things up and running on Server 2012. First go here and download Security Essentials. Once downloaded right click on the (mseinstall.exe) executable en choose properties. Locate the ‘Compatibility’ tab and go to the ‘Compatibility mode’ section (see first screenshot below).

Microsoft newer System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection won't even install on WS2012.But you know what? At least Forefront is not third party, and Microsoft has never stated official support for any version of Forefront on any Home Server version anyway. Windows Server 2012 Essentials is no exception. Oh yeah, then there's this. Yep, looks familiar, and functions pretty much the same as the Windows Defender on Windows 8 and Security Essentials on Windows 7, with Windows Update responsible for bringing down the signature updates, automatically.

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Separated at Birth – Windows Defender on Windows 8 – Forefront on Windows Server 2012 Essentials About Forefront 1.5I've been using Forefront 1.5 for 17 days now on my newly built WS2012 system. And I ran it for about 4 months on the Release Candidate. No issues or problems to note thus far. No installer conflicts, no nagging.Haven't tried Forefront on Windows Server 2012 yet, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work exactly the same.

Read about other options. Known issues:Clients PCs that have slightly out of date antivirus signatures tend to clutter the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard with a lot of yellow warning for this one Windows Update element not yet applied. Same goes for the server itself, also showing alerts that the latest update hasn't yet been applied (to Forefront).See also:Protecting home computers, Published: December 16, 2009Suitable Anti Virus for Windows Server 2012 and 2008R2, January 31, 2013:Started By, Oct 13 2012 08:11 AM. DisclaimerEmphasis is on home test labs, not production environments.

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Microsoft loves to confuse their users as most people have found out using Windows 8. Not only was Windows 8 confusing, but Microsoft keeps changing how the new operating system works with every update.

One of the most confusing aspects to Windows 7 and Windows 8 is the anti-virus solutions provided by Microsoft. Should you use Windows Defender or Microsoft Security Essentials? What’s the difference? Also what is Microsoft Safety Scanner and why is that different from the other tool anti-virus tools?

In this article, I’ll explain the differences between the different anti-virus tools in Windows 7 and Windows 8 and where you can use each tool. Thankfully, things are clearer in Windows 10.

Windows Defender vs Security Essentials

Windows Defender was originally known as Microsoft AntiSpyware and was eventually included with Windows Vista and Windows 7. You could also download Windows Defender for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, though it seems that now you can’t anymore. You can still download Windows Defender Offline, which is different than Windows Defender and I’ll explain more below.

The main thing to note about Windows Defender is that it only protects against spyware in Windows 7 and below. That’s why you always needed another separate anti-virus program in Windows 7 and earlier. Microsoft Security Essentials could be downloaded to replace Windows Defender since it could catch spyware and scan for viruses. Once installed, it would disable Windows Defender altogether.

Windows Defender Offline is basically exactly what the name suggests: an offline version of Windows Defender that you download and run off a CD, DVD or USB drive. You can use Windows Defender Offline to scan for viruses before the operating system boots up, which can greatly help your chances of removing a very sneaky piece of malware or spyware. Again, it won’t catch viruses, just spyware.

In Windows 8 and Windows 10, Windows Defender was upgraded to be able to do virus scans also. It pretty much is the same scanner as the one in Microsoft Security Essentials and that is the reason why Microsoft does not allow you to install Security Essentials on Windows 8/10. It also uses the same virus definitions and the user interface is pretty much exactly the same.

It might have made more sense to just keep the name Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows 8/10, but they decided to stay with the Windows Defender name, which causes some of the confusion.

So here’s the current state of Windows Defender:

– Comes built-in with Windows Vista and Windows 7 and only protects against spyware. Can be used with Microsoft Security Essentials.

– Comes built-in with Windows 8 and 10, but includes a virus scanner. Cannot be used with Microsoft Security Essentials.

– On Windows XP, you can use Microsoft Security Essentials as Window Defender is no longer available.

– Windows Defender Offline can be used on any version of Windows all the way up to Windows 10

Microsoft Safety Scanner

Microsoft Safety Scanner is another anti-virus tool from Microsoft that is similar to Windows Defender Offline in that it is a standalone virus and malware scanner. It’s basically an on-demand scanner that you can try to use as a last resort if the virus has disabled or interfering with your current antivirus program.

Unlike Windows Defender Offline, you still run Microsoft Safety Scanner inside of Windows rather than using boot media. You can simply download the EXE file which contains the latest signatures and run it. Since it’s an on-demand scanner, you should always re-download the program every time you want to use it otherwise you won’t be scanning with the latest virus signatures. The files are updated multiple times a day with the latest signatures.

So hopefully that makes sense of some of the security tools provided by Microsoft. There are also other tools, but they are less common and we won’t mention them in this post. Windows Defender, Security Essentials and Safety Scanner are the main tools you can use for removing viruses and malware in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10. Enjoy!