BitDefender Antivirus Products Now Available at CompUSA

Business Wire, Dec 19, 2006

Leading provider of heuristics-based security software solutions establishes greater retail exposure in North American market

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- BitDefender[R], an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that its antivirus software products are now available at CompUSA, one of the nation's leading retailers and business resellers of technology products and services. BitDefender's line of antivirus software solutions, including the new BitDefender Antivirus and Antivirus Plus v.10.0 security software suites, are available to the public immediately in all of CompUSA's North American retail stores, as well as through CompUSA's online retail site, http://www.compusa.com.

"Working with CompUSA demonstrates our continued commitment to widen our global footprint and take on the more established vendors in the marketplace with security solutions that are simple to use, yet provide consumers with the most advanced protection available against today's most malicious security threats," stated Kirk Matsuo, BitDefender's Director of Retail Sales. "We are thrilled that CompUSA is now selling our software, and look forward to unveiling additional retail opportunities to further increase the sales of our powerful, heuristics-based security solutions to consumers throughout North America."

Continuing to build on the ongoing success of its product lines, BitDefender's BitDefender v.10.0 product line offers new enhancements and capabilities, including a powerful new rootkit detector, HTTP traffic scanning capabilities, a privacy protection module, and several additional features. BitDefender v.10.0 also includes BitDefender's B-HAVE (Behavioral Heuristic Analyzer in Virtual Environments) technology, offering consumers the most powerful heuristics available for proactively monitoring and detecting malware.

About CompUSA

CompUSA, Inc., a Dallas-based company, is one of the nation's leading retailers and business resellers of technology products and services. CompUSA currently operates more than 229 locations in more than 90 major metropolitan markets across the United States and Puerto Rico. In addition, CompUSA's Web site, www.compusa.com, offers an assortment of more than 80,000 items.

About BitDefender[R]

BitDefender is a leading global provider of security solutions that satisfy the protection requirements of today's computing environment. The company offers one of the industry's fastest and most effective lines of security software, setting new standards for threat prevention, timely detection and mitigation. BitDefender delivers products and services to over 41 million home and corporate users in more than 180 countries. BitDefender has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Romania. Further information about BitDefender can be obtained by visiting: http://www.bitdefender.com.