SANTA MONICA, CA - - (May 13, 1998) - CyberMediaÒ , Inc. (NASDAQ\NMS: CYBR) today announced that its best-selling, award-winning PC software package, First Aid 98 Deluxe has received one of the most sought after honors in the high technology industry - the PC World Best Buy Award for the category of Crash Protection and Recovery. The award is part of the "Windows Utilities, Rx for Your PC" review scheduled for the June 1998 issue.

In awarding the PC World Best Buy Award to First Aid 98 Deluxe over several other products including Norton Crashguard Deluxe, Nuts & Bolts, RealHelp Extra Strength 1.0 and VT Rescue 95, PC World’s editors stated, "With its familiar browserlike interface, CyberMedia's First Aid 98 Deluxe is the best crash recovery utility. Its system checkup provides clear descriptions of problems and their solutions. You also get a year of complimentary Oil Change service, which updates First Aid automatically over the Internet--handy for getting new crash recovery features."

First Aid 98, the third-generation version of one of the best selling PC problem-fixing software products uses the power of the Internet to fix PC problems -- automatically. First Aid 98 resides locally on the PC, checking for problems such as application conflicts, buggy components and configuration issues. First Aid 98 was introduced in October 1997 and has been recognized as one of the best solutions for troubleshooting in the industry.

Other Industry Awards for 1998

• First Aid 98 was recently honored by Windows Magazine when it was placed on the April WinList.
• PC Magazine selected First Aid as its 1998 Editors' Choice for software troubleshooting for the second year in a row. Following tests on eight products, First Aid was chosen as the easiest and best solution for novice and intermediate users.

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Press Contact: Lisa Stein (310) 664-5487; listein@cybermedia.com