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Everyone / Anyone:
I saw the following posting on Usenet's comp.os.os2.misc and thought
you would like to read it.
Bert Moshier
Cray Research, Inc.
I saw the following announcement in acs.clari.nb.ibm and thought it
deserved posting here too.
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BERKHAMSTEAD, HERTS, ENGLAND, 1991 DEC 9 (NB) -- S&S International has
announced the world's first anti-virus package for OS/2 version 2.
Scheduled for shipment in January, the package strikes a preemptive
blow against potential OS/2 virus authors.
The arrival of the package, albeit in beta test, was greeted with open
arms by Brian Proffit, senior programmer with the OS/2 developer
programs on the IBM stand at the Comdex Fall computer show recently.
Proffit, who runs the OS/2 Developer's forum on Compuserve, where he
fields questions about OS/2, said that the OS/2 version of Dr.
Solomon's anti-virus toolkit is an answer to many user's problems and
worries.
According to S&S, the OS/2 version of the Findvirus scanner has all
the speed and effectiveness of the DOS version. The current beta test
version covers almost 1,000 virus programs. As with the DOS version,
monthly and quarterly upgrades will be available.
The toolkit will cost UKP 149 for the basic package with quarterly
upgrades, or UKP 249 with monthly updates. Server versions of the
package will start at UKP 399.
(Steve Gold/19911209/Press & Public Contact: S&S International - Tel:
0442-877877; Fax: 0442-877882)