SAN JOSE, CA –(February 5, 1998) – CyberMedia’sÒ (NASDAQ\NMS: CYBR) today filed suit against Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) in the Northern District of California asserting claims for copyright infringement and theft of trade secrets.

According to the suit, the computer code in Symantec’s product, Norton Uninstall Deluxe, was derived from an earlier version of CyberMedia’s competing UnInstallerÔ program. CyberMedia seeks compensatory and exemplary damages and has asked the court to order Symantec to stop selling its product and recall all copies of the product from distributors and retailers.

"Among the dozen or more software products on the market today designed to remove unwanted applications and files from a personal computer, CyberMedia’s UnInstaller has been the market leader and consistently recognized as the best," said Bob Davis, CyberMedia’s vice president of marketing. "In visual appearance, operation and design, Symantec’s product is strikingly similar to an early version of UnInstaller, right down to some of the same computer bugs."

The suit also named as defendants computer software developer ZebraSoft, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, and its founders Timothy O’Pry, Thomas Lynch, and Snehal Vashi who claim to have authored Symantec’s program. The individual defendants were formerly with MicroHelp, Inc., the company that developed the early versions of UnInstaller which CyberMedia acquired.

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.

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