Beyond.com Signs e-Commerce Agreement to Power Trend Micro eStore; Trend Micro Joins With Beyond.Com to Provide Online Purchasing and Customer Support.

Business Editors and High Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA/CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 28, 2000

E-commerce services provider Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) and Trend Micro Inc. (Nasdaq:TMIC), a leading provider of Internet virus protection, today announced the launch of the new Trend Micro eStore, built and powered by Beyond.com, located at http://estore.beyond.com/ trendmicro. The store will offer digitally downloadable products, multi-currency transactions, online order tracking capabilities, and domestic and international customer support for Trend Micro's enterprise and consumer customers.

Trend Micro Inc. is a leader in server based antivirus software. As part of the agreement, Beyond.com will manage the online software sales and delivery of Trend Micro's award-winning products. These products include PC-cillin(TM) consumer desktop antivirus software, OfficeScan(TM) enterprise desktop antivirus software, ServerProtect(TM) file and application server antivirus software, and NeaTSuite(TM), a network antivirus product bundle that contains Trend VCS (TM), InterScan(R) VirusWall(R), ScanMail(R) for Exchange, ServerProtect, and OfficeScan.

"We continue to gain momentum by creating e-commerce Web stores for business-to-business (B2B) market leaders such as Trend Micro," said John Vigouroux, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Beyond.com. "Trend Micro's product line, which includes a full suite of applications, is a perfect complement to Beyond.com's B2B focus, and we are pleased to provide them with a complete e-commerce solution."

"Trend Micro was one of the first antivirus software vendors to protect the growth of business on the Internet," said Mike Conner, vice president of sales for Trend Micro. "It seemed only natural to bring Internet-based purchasing and support options to our valued customers. Beyond.com has shown exceptional expertise in this field, and we are excited to be working with them to develop the Trend Micro eStore."

The Trend Micro eStore is the latest in a succession of e-commerce solutions created and managed by Beyond.com. With a strong position in the antivirus software market, Beyond.com also built and manages stores for other leading antivirus vendors. Other customers include industry leaders such as Compaq Computer, Executive Software Inc., hpshopping.com (a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard), Intelligolf, Palm Computing, Systran Software Inc., and Telex.

About Beyond.com

Beyond.com is an e-commerce services provider that builds and manages Web stores for businesses and sells software and computer related products to the government, corporate and consumer markets. The company's eStore division allows software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs to launch a full-featured e-commerce store in a few weeks. Businesses can choose from an array of offerings, including website design and construction, transaction processing, physical and electronic order fulfillment, customer support, marketing, and merchandising support and reporting. Customers include Executive Software Inc., McAfee.com Inc., Symantec Corp., Systran Software Inc., Palm Computing, Compaq Computer and HP Shopping Village (a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard). Beyond.com's government division provides digitally downloadable software and related services to a growing list of government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), a division of the Department of Commerce. Beyond.com also operates its own online store http://www.beyond.com, where customers can find an expansive selection of software and computer related products. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro provides centrally controlled server-based virus protection and content-filtering products and services. By protecting information that flows through Internet gateways, email servers, and file servers, Trend Micro allows companies worldwide to stop viruses and other malicious code from a central point before they ever reach the desktop. Trend Micro's corporate headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan, with business units in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The North American head office is located in Cupertino, CA. Trend Micro's products are sold directly and through a network of corporate and value-added resellers. Evaluation copies of all of Trend Micro's products may be downloaded from its award-winning site, http://www.antivirus.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release with respect to Beyond.com are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These include statements relating to expectations about Beyond.com's eStore business and its continued success in the e-commerce marketplace. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including risks of changes in customer expectation or the competitive environment. Beyond.com's business is subject to risks including reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, changes in relationships with strategic partners, competition from other e-commerce solutions providers, inability to raise sufficient capital on satisfactory terms, or at all, and other factors described in the company's filings with the SEC.

Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-looking statements in this release with respect to Trend Micro include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the operational effectiveness of Trend Micro's eStore and the impact of the eStore on Trend Micro's business and financial performance. The risks and uncertainties involved in the forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, the risks relating to Beyond.com's business described in the prior paragraph, potential problems in Trend Micro's delivery of products and services through its eStore, the effectiveness of Trend Micro's products in protecting against computer viruses, rapid technological change in the antivirus software market and other risks indicated in the Risk Factors section of Trend Micro's prospectus dated October 18, 1999 relating to the offering of Trend Micro's shares in connection with the U.S. option program of Trend Micro's 1999 Employee Incentive Plan. The prospectus is on file with the SEC. Actual results could differ materially. Trend Micro assumes no obligation to update this information.

Note to Editors: InterScan, VirusWall, and Scanmail are registered trademarks of Trend Micro Inc. PC-Cillin, OfficeScan, ServerProtect and NeaTSuite are trademarks of Trend Micro Inc. Other product and company names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.