I remember that! I don't recall that many people going for it though. :) Wasn't that the stripped down version of the Norton A/V? -lc
>________________________________ > From: Stu Sjouwerman <s...@sunbelt-software.com> >To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:32 PM >Subject: Blast From The Antivirus Past - You may have seen this classic: > >Remember MS-DOS Version 6? It was released March 1993. The new 6.0 had a lot >of new stuff including a basic anti-virus program and a disk defragmenter. >Other improvements were in the memory management area by the addition of >MEMMAKER. > >Now, how did you get your anti-virus updates? You had to buy them! Here is a >3-page PDF that shows how. First the instructions how to get a user ID. Grab >your 9600 baud modem and dial their Bulletin Board System (BBS). Next follow >the download instructions to get your AV updates. The third page is the promo >where they sold you on getting a whopping whole TWO anti-virus updates for as >little as $9.95 each. Add the sales tax on top of that. Oh boy, what a deal. > >Here is my blog post with the link: > >http://blog.knowbe4.com/blast-from-the-antivirus-past > >Warm regards, >Stu > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >--- >To manage subscriptions click here: >http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin