Beyond.com and Symantec Expand International Stores; New Brazilian and Latin American eStores Highlight Companies' E-Commerce Expertise.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2000

E-commerce services provider Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq: "BYND") today announced that it has expanded its international stores with Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq: "SYMC") with the launch of two new Symantec international eStores, built and managed by Beyond.com. The new Symantec eStores for Brazil and Latin America are located at http://br.symantecstore.com and http://la.symantecstore.com respectively. The addition of the new Brazilian and Latin American online stores bring the total number of eStores that Beyond.com has built and currently manages for Symantec to a total of 14.

Both of the new eStores are fully localized for their clientele, with the Brazilian store designed in Portuguese, and the Latin American store designed in Spanish. Additionally, both eStores have multi-currency capabilities - the Brazilian eStore accepts transactions in either the Brazilian Real or the U.S. Dollar, and the Latin American eStore accepts transactions in the in Mexican Peso, Argentinean Peso and U.S. Dollar. Beyond.com's industry leading international eStore solution is localized for 10 languages, and supports 15 different foreign currencies, with the ability to charge VAT taxes where required. The company currently processes international transactions for its eStore clients in 11 countries on six continents.

"We are excited to help Symantec continue to expand their sales reach in Latin America with these new localized stores," said Brian Mellea, vice president of marketing for Beyond.com. "Our international solution ensures their Latin American and Brazilian customers will have a fully localized experience, with everything from the shopping basket, payment processing and customer service, including Beyond.com's proprietary Software Download Manager designed in their native languages."

About Beyond.com

Beyond.com(TM) is an e-commerce services provider that builds, manages and markets online stores for businesses. The company also sells software and computer-related products to consumers and U.S. Government agencies. The company's BuyDirect Group provides eStores by Beyond.com, a suite of services that enables software developers, systems OEMs and hardware manufacturers to market and sell over the Internet. Beyond.com's Government Systems Group provides digital distribution of software and related services to a growing list of U.S. Government agencies. 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").

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release 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 Symantec's eStores that Beyond.com builds and manages. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties including possible changes in the two companies' partnership, reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, competition from other e-commerce services providers and other factors described in the company's filings with the SEC.