SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, October 23, 1996 -- CyberMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: CYBR) announced today the initial public offering of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock, all of which will be offered by the Company at a price of $16.00 per share. Hambrecht & Quist LLC is the lead manager of the underwriting group and Lehman Brothers and Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, L.L.C are co-managers. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase 375,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any.

CyberMedia is a leading provider of automatic service and support software products for Windows-based personal computer users. CyberMedia is recognized for its successful First Aid family of products which has sold over one million units to date. The Company's First Aid products automatically detect, diagnose and resolve common software conflicts and configuration errors encountered in the Windows environment. The Company's Oil Change product automatically locates, downloads and installs new updates, patches and drivers over the Internet. The company's products are based on the Company's scalable ActiveHelp architecture that allows for the support of a broad range of PC products and related problems and enables the Company's products to be regularly and automatically updated through the Internet.

A copy of the final prospectus may be obtained from the prospectus departments of Hambrecht & Quist LLC, One Bush Street, San Francisco, California 94104; Lehman Brothers American Express Tower, 3 World Financial Center, New York, New York; or Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, L.L.C., 901 Marquette Avenue, Suite 2700, Minneapolis, MN 55402

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