As of now, IBM Corp is offering an anti-virus service to its UK customers: this comprises updates to anti-virus programs four times a year – these provide users with install-and-forget automatic protection on MS-DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Corp’s Windows operating systems, and can detect viruses in the memory, on floppy and hard disks; if viruses are found in the memory, they are disabled, but if found on disks the user is given a recommended course of action on-line; other services consist of detection tools for any new viruses; access to an anti-virus bulletin board, from which the latest products and documentation can be downloaded; phone support desk; and customer alert service to forewarn of known or threatened virus outbreaks; prices will be amended on an annual basis, but for one to 250 machines, the service is UKP1,000, on 3,001 to 5,000 workstations it is UKP12,000.
