Aladdin Systems Ships Spring Cleaning 3.5 Spanish Version.

Business Editors

WATSONVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2001

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Aladdin Systems, Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB:ALHI) best known for its StuffIt(TM) compression software, today announced that the Spanish version of Spring Cleaning(TM) version 3.5 is now shipping from its Spanish partner, Evinter.

Spring Cleaning 3.5, the number one uninstaller for the Macintosh, now shipping in Spanish, provides thirteen easy utilities to help users clean their hard drive by searching for and removing unneeded files, applications, folders and fonts. Spring Cleaning 3.5 now helps users easily rid their hard drives of unwanted Internet-related clutter with its new iClean(TM) desktop tool. Spring Cleaning 3.5's searches are faster and more focused because of more powerful search filtering, enhanced search options, and an improved interface.

Spring Cleaning 3.5 offers increased speed and performance as its thirteen powerful cleaning utilities quickly seek out the items the user is looking for to sweep them off the hard drive. Version 3.5 includes the new desktop iClean tool (rated top 10 by PC Data magazine) for improved interface, powerful search filtering and streamlined searches.

"iClean makes regular maintenance a snap, a feature important to today's Web surfers," said Javier Llerena, Evinter's Director of Channel Sales of Latin America. "Users can accumulate thousands of downloaded cache and cookie files without even realizing it, subsequently hogging disk space, slowing performance and threatening a user's privacy. iClean helps ensure that Internet tracks are securely removed, providing a simple, effective answer for today's concerns over Internet privacy."

SPRING CLEANING 3.5 NEW FEATURES AND BENEFITS

New iClean Quickly Removes Internet Tracks

iClean is a stand-alone, desktop cleaning tool that sweeps away Web surfing tracks, as well as tidies up the desktop. iClean cleans out Web cache files, Internet histories, cookies, reattaches aliases, and empties the Trash. iClean gives users a detailed summary of items that can be deleted and how many megabytes of space can be recovered. Readily accessible without having to launch the Spring Cleaning application, iClean is designed to be used after each Internet visit to prevent leaving a history of visited sites for all to see.

Powerful Enhancements for Faster Cleaning

Spring Cleaning's new search filter narrows searches using file modification dates, kind, size and location for faster, more fine tuned results. When uninstalling applications and their associated files, users can now either select from a full search of programs, or browse just for a specific application, which speeds the cleaning process. The Spring Cleaning results window is now resizable, offering more information and is easier to view. Now users can save and print lists created by searches for future cleaning and reference.

Other Features and Benefits Included in Spring Cleaning

-- Mac Uninstaller finds and removes applications and their associated files

-- New Internet Cache Remover is a cleaning utility within the Spring Cleaning
application that sweeps away Internet cookies, cache and history files from a
user's machine

-- The Restore feature acts as a safety net by allowing users to reverse
actions and restore items to their previous location

-- Duplicates Remover finds and lists all duplicate fonts and files

-- Document Finder searches for and lists all files of the same type

-- File Checker looks for damaged files (files with an impaired structural
integrity)

-- Orphan Adopter reassigns orphaned files to new and other applications

-- Orphaned Prefs Remover helps clean out unneeded preferences

-- Alias Fixer repairs invalid aliases, or those that can be assigned to a new
file

-- Font Remover finds unnecessary fonts including bitmap, TrueType, and
PostScript font files, plus those outside the system folder

-- Help Remover searches for the most common types of help and documentation
files

-- Empty Folder Remover searches volumes for empty folders, ignoring folders
with custom icons

-- Storage Items Remover searches storage folders to help users identify which
files they no longer need to store

-- Fat App Slimmer searches for fat binary programs to reduce an application's
size

To learn more about Spring Cleaning, visit: http://www.aladdinsys.com/springcleaning/index.html.

Pricing, Availability and Requirements

Spring Cleaning 3.5 Spanish carries a retail price of $49.95 US. For additional information on pricing and availability contact Aladdin's sales department (831-761-6200, [e-mail]) or Evinter International at [phone] or via email: [e-mail].

Spring Cleaning requires a Power Macintosh computer, running System 7.5.3 and newer, with at least 8MB of RAM. Internet Config is recommended for users running Mac OS 8.6 and older to take advantage of the Spring Cleaning Help Guide.

Aladdin Systems, Inc: Helping Transmit, Access and Organize Information(TM)

Founded in 1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc., (OTC BB: ALHI), is in its second decade of developing and publishing award-winning business and consumer products. Aladdin provides computing solutions that help people Transmit, Access and Organize their information. For more information on Aladdin's products, visit: http://www.aladdinsys.com.

Forward Looking Statements: Any information contained within this news release which is not historical data may be deemed 'forward-looking statements.' Factors which could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements include competition and the management of our growth. Such forward-looking statements are subject to other risks and uncertainties, which are detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Spring Cleaning, iClean, StuffIt and the Aladdin logo are trademarks of Aladdin Systems, Inc. MacUninstaller is a trademark of the Excelsior Group. All other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.