SANTA MONICA, CA - APRIL 8, 1997 -- According to data from BroadView Associates and Standard & Poor's Compustat released last week, CyberMedia, Inc. is now the fastest-growing computer company in America.

The ranking, based on CyberMedia's third quarter 1996 revenue growth figures of 734.7%, places CyberMedia well ahead of even the number two ranked company on the list, Visagenic (with 334.7% growth) as well as Netscape (ranked seventh with 176% growth), McAfee, (ranked tenth with 101% growth) and SystemSoft (ranked fifteenth with 66% growth.)

According to Standard & Poor's, the median software sector company experienced revenue growth of 22.9% for the twelve months ended December 31, 1996.

CyberMedia also outpaced every hardware manufacturer named in the report, including number one ranked Bitwise Designs (128.9%) as well as Dell and Gateway. The report can be found in the March 31, 1997 issue of PC Week magazine on page A2.

CyberMedia, the leading supplier of automatic service and support software for personal computers, markets three of the nation's top 15 best selling retail business software titles - First Aid 97, Oil Change and Uninstaller. (According to the January, 1997 PC Data Report.) Designed to make Windows computers less trouble-prone for mass consumers, CyberMedia's products utilize the Internet to automatically fix personal computer problems and eliminate calls to technical support hotlines.

ABOUT COMPUSTAT
Standard & Poor's Compustat provides custom survey work regularly to Business Week, PC Week and other publications. The COMPUSTAT database is recognized throughout the financial information industry as the most comprehensive resource for detailed financial data on publicly held companies. The database includes 20 years of annual data and 12 years of quarterly data on more than 18,900 active and inactive companies in the U.S. and North America. Compustat's world wide web site is located at http://www.compustat.com.

ABOUT CYBERMEDIA
CyberMedia is the leading supplier of automatic service and support solutions for PC users. CyberMedia mission is to empower computer users to fix computer problems on their own -- before they need to call technical support hotlines for help. The company's ActiveHelp product line includes First Aid, Oil Change, Uninstaller and the Tech Support Yellow Pages.

CyberMedia's products are distributed in over 4,000 retail stores in the United States, from WalMart to CompUSA; internationally in Germany, Canada, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Australia; via OEM distribution partners including AST, Sony, Fujitsu, Packard Bell-NEC and Phoenix Technologies; and on the Internet through America Online, leading online resellers, and CyberMedia's web site.

Founded in 1991, CyberMedia (NASDAQ:CYBR) employs over 170 with company headquarters at 3000 Ocean Park Boulevard, Suite 2001, Santa Monica, CA and offices in San Jose, CA. To order, call 800/721-7824 or visit the CyberMedia web site at http://www.cybermedia.com.

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PRESS CONTACT:

Giselle Bisson			
CyberMedia			
(310) 581-4700 x261		
giselle@cybermedia.com

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:

Jeff Beaumont
CyberMedia
(310)581-4700
jeff@cybermedia.com