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Review: F-Secure Home Server Security (Beta)

Monday, May 5, 2008

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Up until now in the world of the Windows Home Server, when it comes to anti-virus products there really has only been one choice - Avast! windows Home Server Edition. Now there’s a bit of competition with the recent release of the F-Secure Home Server Security beta. When I was planning this article I thought I would [...]

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Will We See OneCare for Windows Home Server?

Monday, February 25, 2008

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Joe Wilcox revealedlast week that Microsoft are preparing a new version of Windows Live OneCare for Windows Server - the product will be bundled with Windows Small Business Server and Essential Server 2008, providing 12 months of free anti-virus protection for those systems. Given the relationship between SBS and WHS (and the closeness of the teams [...]

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Review: avast! Anti Virus Windows Home Server Edition

Thursday, January 24, 2008

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There seems to be an ongoing debate as to whether or not you actually need an anti-virus solution on your Windows Home Server or not. One school of thought says that if you are running up to date anti-virus software on all of your client machines then you don’t need it, the other says you [...]

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Congratulations to Our Avast! AntiVirus WHS Edition Winners!

Friday, January 4, 2008

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Thanks to everyone who entered last week’s Avast AntiVirus WHS Edition Competition. Congratulations go to: M Weldon, USA Freddie, USA Lucasz Foks, Poland Who each win a copy of the software. We’ll have another giveaway up on the site for you all soon!

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We Got Served Reader Awards 2007 - The Winners Announced!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

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Over the past few weeks, hundreds of We Got Served readers have been voting for their favourite Windows Home Server hardware, software and community add-ins. On Christmas Day, voting closed and we’ve been counting the votes ever since. Today, on the first day of the New Year, we announce the results of the inaugural We [...]

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avast! Anti-Virus WHS Edition Released - 3 Licences Up for Grabs

Thursday, December 20, 2007

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avast!anti-virus WHS Edition has been in beta for the past few months, with many WGS readers testing the product and submitting feedback and bugs. Today, the product was released to manufacturing, and is now available to order and download directly from Avast’s website. avast! is the first dedicated anti-virus product to be released for Windows Home [...]

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Avast Anti-Virus for Windows Home Server - Beta Now Available

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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The world’s first anti-virus product for Windows Home Server is now in beta and available to download! avast! WHS Edition is a product designed specifically for antivirus protection of the upcoming Microsoft Windows Home Server platform. Besides providing the protection of the WHS machine, it also supports simple management of other avast! products on the home [...]

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Avast Anti-Virus for Windows Home Server - Public Beta October 1st, Shipping End October

Friday, September 14, 2007

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Further to the article we published last month with preliminary details on Avast Anti-Virus for Windows Home Server, we’ve heard indirectly that a public beta of the application will be released on October 1st, with the final build shipping at the end of October. That’s one short beta period! Keep an eye on http://www.avast.com over the coming weeks!

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Exclusive: Avast Anti-Virus for Windows Home Server - Preliminary Details

Monday, August 6, 2007

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Those of you running the Windows Home Server beta will no doubt have noticed the lack of Anti-Virus products available for your system. The new home server category sits in between the traditional “server” and “home computer” categories which have been traditionally served by specific anti-virus products which vary greatly in price. A number of [...]

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