Forwarded From: William Knowles <erehwon@kizmiaz.dis.org>
TOKYO (Nikkei Byte) [3.15.99] - Otsuka Shokai Co., Ltd. announced that in
May it will begin to offer 24-hour, 365-day service for remote computer
virus probing for enterprises.
Otsuka Shokai's monitoring center will remotely probe virus intrusions and
infections that might happen in enterprises where Trend Micro Inc. of
Japan's "Trend Virus Control System" anti-virus software is installed in
their PCs. The latest versions of anti-virus software and virus pattern
files are distributed to the enterprises.
When virus infection is found, this service will immediately report it to
the system administrator of the company and submit a report that describes
the route of infection and remedial measures. The service will also
include as standard a guarantee for data recovery.
If the hard disk of the server is destroyed by a virus, Otsuka Shokai will
provide a data recovery service free of charge. This guarantee service is
offered in cooperation with Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
The service will commence on May 1, 1999. The fee starts from the initial
800,000 yen (120.61 yen=US$1), with a monthly charge of 100,000 yen.
[WK Note- Y800,000 yen is: $6734.01 and Y100,000 yen is: $841.75 ]
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Received on Wed Mar 17 13:00:11 1999