AllAdvantage.com Teams With myCIO.com to Automatically Deploy Anti-virus Software Updates

Business Wire, May 15, 2000

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HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000

AllAdvantage.com's Subscribing Members in the United States and Canada

Receive Updates Automatically

Infomediary Company Makes Award-Winning McAfee Anti-Virus Software

Available For Less Than 2(cent)/Day Exclusively To Its Members

Following the world-wide spread of the highly disruptive ILOVEYOU and similar computer viruses late last week, infomediary company AllAdvantage.com and myCIO.com, a Network Associates (Nasdaq:NETA) business, announced today the deployment of automatic updates of the McAfee anti-virus software against these viruses to AllAdvantage members who subscribe to the service in the United States and Canada.

AllAdvantage.com is also launching a promotional campaign through its Viewbar(tm) communications window to encourage wider anti-virus deployment.

"Viruses are a significant threat to Internet security today, with the estimated damage done by malicious code attacks in 1999 reaching approximately $12 billion," said Zach Nelson, President and Chief Executive Officer of myCIO.com. "Because updates provided by myCIO.com's managed anti-virus protection are automatic and transparent to users, AllAdvantage.com is making it possible for its members to maximize their Internet experience while minimizing virus-attack worries."

"Millions of users still don't have anti-virus software. Many millions more do have it, but do not update it regularly to deal with the latest threats," said Ray Everett-Church, Chief Privacy Officer of AllAdvantage.com. "Not only can our members license the award-winning McAfee software for pennies a day, they will have the cost automatically deducted from their AllAdvantage accounts. The software gets automatically updated with the latest protective measures available."

AllAdvantage.com members can download the anti-virus software by going to their account information page on the AllAdvantage.com Web site (http://www.alladvantage.com). Once installed, the software is automatically updated to provide users the highest level of protection available without further downloads required on their part. Exclusively for AllAdvantage.com members, the fee is $0.50 per month for one year, which members pay automatically by authorizing a debit of available funds from their existing AllAdvantage.com cash accounts. Members earn the money in their AllAdvantage.com accounts for the time they spend surfing the Web with the Viewbar(tm) communications window open, while the Viewbar delivers information, content, and messages tailored to members' personal preferences and profiles.

The Viewbar will carry AllAdvantage.com's promotional campaign to members in the US and Canada to encourage wider use of anti-virus software. The Viewbar(tm) promotion highlights the features AllAdvantage.com was able to secure for its members by partnering with Network Associates' myCIO.com.

"Our role as an infomediary is to provide value and service tailored to our members' needs," said Gregg Stebben, Chief Internet Evangelist at AllAdvantage.com. " This anti-virus offering illustrates the capabilities of our Internet communications infrastructure to serve both our members and business partners. We can leverage the size of our member base to obtain preferential pricing. We also enable online micro-payments and distribute digital products and services, allowing businesses to build one-to-one relationship with our members."

About AllAdvantage.com

An Internet infomediary with 6.7 million people registered to receive its service, AllAdvantage.com is redefining the way people and businesses communicate and do business through its proprietary Viewbar(tm) communications window.

The company creates value for its members by making it possible for them to benefit from their online personal data while maintaining their privacy. AllAdvantage.com also offers its members discounts on sponsored products and services, along with convenient surfing tools and information tailored to their individual needs. AllAdvantage.com offers businesses a channel for delivering direct marketing, communications, electronic commerce, and digital products to members.

The AllAdvantage.com Viewbar(tm) window, which can be downloaded free of charge on the World Wide Web, is currently available in 20 countries. For more information, visit http://www.alladvantage.com/

About myCIO.com

myCIO.com is a Network Associates, Inc. business specializing in providing managed network security and availability services for corporate e-business infrastructures. myCIO.com reduces the cost and complexity of managing e-business through its ASaP family of application services. These applications services, built around widely used network security and availability products, are available directly off the myCIO.com web site and through a host of service provider partners. For more information, myCIO.com can be reached at http://www.mycio.com.

About Network Associates

With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc. is a leading supplier of security and availability solutions for e-business. Network Associates' five business units, PGP Security, providing firewall, intrusion detection and encryption products, Sniffer Technologies, a leader in network and application management, Magic Solutions, providing web-based service desk solutions, McAfee, delivering world class anti-virus products, and myCIO.com, and infrastructure ASP providing security and anti-virus services, all produce best-of-breed solutions leveraging core technologies to provide the security and availability needed for e-business. Network Associates is also a majority owner of McAfee.com, one of the world's largest business to consumer application service providers. For more information, Network Associates can be reached at 972/308-9960 or on the Internet at http://www.nai.com.