What antivirus to install?

Question

Windows Server

Hello.
Worth win server 2016, what antivirus to install?
Thank you.

Answer 1

An antivirus for a server is needed in few cases - this is if it acts as a file server with balls or terminal users work on it.
In the first case, it is not needed. Even the built-in Windows Defender is enough, because. all infection will go from workstations. It is better to take care of user protection.
In the second case, you can again get by with Windows Defender. It will catch almost everything that is most common on the network.
1. Set up a scheduled scan when the server is not loaded with user work.
2. Be sure to have no admin rights for users.
3. Exclude paging files, etc. from scanning. - anything you think can't be changed with user rights. This will unload the file system and give speed. Any antivirus is a performance loss.
And backups, backups and only backups)))

Answer 2

In 2016, I installed the corporate dr.web on the network and was very dissatisfied. On the terminal server, problems immediately appeared with a freezing office, on working office computers I sewed complaints about the brakes. This year I installed a corporate ESET - the flight is normal and so far no problems or complaints.