I know that I could have Googled it, but I thought it would be better to ask if anyone here has used any Anti-Virus/Firewall packages for Windows Server 2003 SBS that they could recommend, as I would rather trust your collective judgements than those of Internet "strangers"

I'm guessing that there won't be any free options available, but I also don't want to spend too much...

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

John.

Edit to add: I've had a quick look and found CLAMWIN

Anyone used this?

Clamwin isn't too bad, AVAST was fine (if they still do a sbs version free).
AVG works.

Do you need exchange protection as well?

Yes, I will need Exchange protection. Isn't it included as standard in Server solutions?

I've usually used Trend Micro's corporate software, although my new employer currently use Symantec's corporate offering.

I use Symantec Endpoint Multi-Tier which has exchange protection built in but it's not cheap.

And here lies the problem... I am!

As it stands I'm now looking at ClamWin or Avast. I'll have to have a much closer look at the Open Source solution, as I can't remember if that offers Exchange/ISA Server protection, but the prices for Avast seem reasonable, and I suppose there's always the 60 day trial.

Edit to add: Think I'm going to give ClamAV a miss, purely as the information is not easy enough to find on their website, and I haven't got the time to mess about searching...

Any alternatives to Avast?

Avast & AVG work.

I use vmware antispam appliances (they're free) to keep exchange free of junk.

Oh dear... it's getting a bit headache-inducingly complicated

This isn't going to be a straightforward, one piece of software does it all solution, is it...?

Not if you want free multi-tier protection.

You could always sign up as a Symantec partner & get the software for free (NFR copies ftw)

Not sure if I'd qualify, but I'll have a look now... Is this gonna get expensive?