Fourth Quarter and Full Year for 1997

CYBERMEDIA, INC. ANNOUNCES FOURTHQUARTER AND FULL YEAR RESULTS FOR 1997

SANTA MONICA, CA – (January 29, 1998) - - CyberMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: CYBR), the leader in automatic service and support, today announced its operating results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 1997.

For the quarter ended December 31, 1997, the company reported revenues of $19,190,000, a 21% increase over the $15,830,000 reported for the same period in 1996. Net income for the period was $119,000 or $.01 per share versus $68,000 or $.01 per share during the fourth quarter the previous year. During the quarter the Company more than doubled its reserves for potential returns which resulted in an approximately $4.6 million reduction in reported revenues for the quarter. This action was taken in order to help the Company better manage rising DSOs.

Revenues for the full year ended December 31, 1997 were $78,627,000, a 104% increase from the $38,524,000 reported during 1996. Before one time acquisition related charges associated with UnInstallerÔ , Walk Softly, Inc. and the ServiceWare agreement, net income for the year was $5,708,000 or $.42 per share versus a loss of $3,483,000 or $.42 per share for 1996. After these one time acquisition related charges CyberMedia reported a net loss of $3,607,000 or $.30 per share for the full year 1997.

Quarterly Highlights

During the quarter, CyberMedia completed the successful launch of First AidÒ 98 and Guard DogÔ , both of which dominated their sales categories according to sell-through data for December published by PC Data. CyberMedia’s UnInstaller and First Aid 98 ranked number 5 and 6 on PC Data’s list of best selling windows business software for December. In addition, CyberMedia launched the CyberMedia Support Server (CSS), a solution that reduces total cost of ownership in corporations by enabling networked PC users to automatically fix common problems, escalating only the more complex problems to the system administrator. CSS represents CyberMedia’s first initiative to address the potentially huge enterprise market for automatic service and support for PC users. CyberMedia continued to strengthen its industry partnerships during the quarter, announcing a technology partnership with Hewlett-Packard to provide an automatic software update service to update HP LaserJet printer drivers using CyberMedia’s Oil ChangeÔ technology.

About CyberMedia

CyberMedia's mission is to help computer users, anytime, anywhere with a complete set of products and services that provide the highest quality of immediate help to computer users at home and work, all over the world.

CyberMedia's ActiveHelpÔ product line includes First Aid, to fix Windows problems automatically; Oil Change, to update PCs with the latest bug fixes, patches and drivers; UnInstaller, to clean Window's applications; Guard Dog Deluxe, to automatically safeguard Internet security and privacy and the new CyberMedia Support Server line of automatic technical support software for corporations and mid-size businesses.

Founded in 1991, CyberMedia (NASDAQ/NMS: CYBR) employs more than 270, with company headquarters in Santa Monica, CA, and offices in San Jose, CA, Portland, OR, Washington, D.C., Japan, Ireland, and India. For additional information contact CyberMedia, Inc., 3000 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405; phone (310) 664-5000; fax (310) 664-4720; or visit the CyberMedia Web site at www.cybermedia.com.

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Note: CyberMedia and First Aid are registered trademarks and Oil Change, Guard Dog, UnInstaller and the CyberMedia logo are trademarks of CyberMedia, Inc. All other trade names are trademarks of their respective owners.

Investor Relations: Lisa Stein (310) 664-5487; listein@cybermedia.com

CYBERMEDIA, INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


	Quarter Ended	Quarter Ended		Twelve Months Ended	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31, 1997	December 31, 1996	December 31, 1997		December 31, 1996

Revenue	$19,190,000	$15,830,000	$78,627,000		$38,524,000

Cost of goods sold	2,889,000	4,710,000	14,927,000		11,991,000

Gross profit	16,301,000	11,120,000	63,700,000		26,533,000
Operating Expenses

Research and Development	2,187,000	1,225,000	9,333,000		3,300,000
Sales & Marketing	11,595,000	9,688,000	39,464,000		24,125,000
General & Administrative	2,196,000	526,000	6,940,000		2,941,000
One-time in-process R&D and acquisition expenses	-	-	11,341,000		-
Total operating expenses	15,978,000	11,439,000	67,078,000		30,366,000

Operating income (loss)	323,000	(319,000)	(3,378,000)		(3,833,000)

Other income (expense)	(226,000)	387,000	1,170,000		351,000

Profit (loss) before income taxes	97,000	68,000	(2,208,000)		(3,482,000)

Provision for income taxes	(22,000)	-	1,399,000		1,000

Net income (loss)	$119,000	$68,000	$(3,607,000)		$(3,483,000)

Net income (loss) per share	$0.01	$0.01	$(0.30)		$(0.42)
Shares used in computing net income (loss) per share	14,051,000	12,550,000	12,128,000			8,353,000

CYBERMEDIA, INC.
PROFORMA STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
EXCLUDING ONE TIME WRITE-OFF OF R&D AND ACQUISITION EXPENSES


	Quarter Ended	Quarter Ended		Twelve Months Ended	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31, 1997	December 31, 1996	December 31, 1997			December 31, 1996

Revenue	$19,190,000	$15,830,000	$78,627,000			$38,524,000

Cost of goods sold	2,889,000	4,710,000	14,927,000			11,991,000

Gross profit	16,301,000	11,120,000	63,700,000			26,533,000
Operating Expenses

Research and Development	2,187,000	1,225,000	9,333,000			3,300,000
Sales and Marketing	11,595,000	9,688,000	39,464,000			24,125,000
General and Administrative	2,196,000	526,000	6,940,000			2,941,000
	-	-	-			-
Total operating expenses	15,978,000	11,439,000	55,737,000			30,366,000

Operating income (loss)	323,000	(319,000)	7,963,000			(3,833,000)

Other income (expense)	(226,000)	387,000	1,170,000			351,000

Profit (loss) before income taxes	97,000	68,000	9,133,000			(3,482,000)

Provision for income taxes	(22,000)	-	3,425,000			1,000

Net income (loss)	$119,000	$68,000	$5,708,000			$(3,483,000)

Net income (loss) per share	$0.01	$0.01	$0.42			$(0.42)
Shares used in computing net income (loss) per share	14,051,000	12,550,000	13,727,000				8,353,000

*Note - does not include $9,091,000 and $2,250,000 of one-time R & D and acquisition expenses incurred in the second and third quarters respectively and in the twelve months ended December 30, 1997

CYBERMEDIA, INC.
BALANCE SHEETS


		December 31, 1997	December 31, 1996
Assets
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$25,059,000	$39,322,000
	Marketable securities	1,001,000	-
	Trade accounts receivable, net	27,851,000	12,318,000
	Inventory	3,140,000	2,365,000
	Prepaid expenses	3,417,000	1,270,000
	Deferred taxes	4,427,000	-
	Other current assets	1,091,000	185,000
	Total current assets	65,986,000	55,460,000

	Goodwill, net	159,000	-
	Furniture, fixtures and equipment, net	4,191,000	990,000
	Other assets	125,000	-

Total assets		$70,461,000	$56,450,000

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities

	Accounts payable	$8,753,000	$7,004,000
	Accrued expenses	3,535,000	1,247,000
	Income taxes payable	4,412,000
	Unearned revenue	4,255,000	4,024,000
	Grant payable	390,000	413,000
	Current portion of capital lease	17,000	45,000
	Deferred obligation for acquired R&D	2,913,000	-
	Total current liabilities	24,275,000	12,733,000

	Capital lease obligation & deferred rent	284,000	49,000
	Deferred obligation for acquired R&D	1,125,000	-

	Total liabilities	25,684,000	12,782,000

Stockholders' equity
	Common stock	126,000	119,000
	Additional paid-in capital	57,587,000	52,583,000
	Accumulated deficit	(12,641,000)	(9,034,000)
	Currency Translation	(295,000)	-
	Total Stockholders' Equity	44,777,000	43,668,000

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$70,461,000	$56,450,000