The Beomaster 5 runs Windows XP (Embedded Version) with Service Pack 2 with integrated firewall and an Antivirus programme with automatic updates provided by BullGuard and includes 5 years of updates.

You can review the Bullguard product HERE

But what about after 5 years? What happens when there is a virus that gets trough the antivirus programme? How can BeoMaster be cleaned from the viruses? Is there a possibility to run a special anti virus programme via the PC or how?

Can a virus in BeoMaster also affect the control - BeoSound 5 as there are for instance cowers displayed etc?

You should avoid using the Web Browsing feature if you are worried of viruses.

Thanks to the Firewall, it is less likely that viruses could enter the system if as you are not going to infected pages.

The BS5/BM5 that are on display are not the final one, especially in term of software.

I'd want to see the final sofware/feature set before making my choice.

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erg4000:

Why is the Update service limited to 5 years ? 

$$$$$$Money I think

erg4000:

Why is the Update service limited to 5 years ? 

It has to be limited to something (just like spare parts availability is limited). Probably Microsoft has a limit for the support of the underlying OS itself as well, and there's nothing B&O can do about that - when it's gone, it's gone.

Anyway, I would expect the support to continue even longer, as long as it is feasible to do so. And there's nothing preventing you from performing the antivirus tasks yourself. Simply not using the machine to browse stupid web sites goes a long way towards this goal...