CyberMedia's First Aid 97 wins coveted PC Magazine's Editors' Choice.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1997-- Troubleshooting pioneer beats out competition in comprehensive tests CyberMedia's (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CYBR CYBR Copy Byte Right ) best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best business software program, First Aid 97, was selected by PC Magazine as the 1997 Editors' Choice for software tune-up and troubleshooting. First Aid 97 was chosen over three competing products based on an exhaustive review that tested each product's comparative strengths in reporting, diagnosis, tune-up, cleaning and software troubleshooting. In recognizing First Aid, PC Magazine summarized: "Features that put it ahead of the pack include the identifying and fixing of corrupted Registry entries, the unfreezing of some applications, and a knowledge base covering over 1,000 applications. It's an excellent choice for those who want cleanup and software troubleshooting, with a bit of hand-holding thrown in." (April 8, 1997) "We are very proud to receive this distinction from PC Magazine, which is respected and renowned for its thorough testing procedures," said Unni Warrier Unni Warrier is the co-founder, and former president, chairman, and CEO of CyberMedia, a public company providing automatic service and support software for the PC. Biography Unni Warrier is a tech entrepreneur. , CyberMedia's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "This award reflects the fact that First Aid is not only an easy product to use, it is also the best at catching and fixing problems." The Editors' Choice award follows on the heels of a string of kudos for CyberMedia's products. First Aid was also recently nominated for a Software Publisher's Association Codie Award as Best Consumer Software Upgrade Program, and was also named Hottest Retail Utility of 1996 by Computer Retail Week. First Aid has been a top-ten best-selling program in retail every month since November 1995, with total sales in excess of 2 million units. Software Troubleshooting Pioneer PC Magazine recognized that "CyberMedia pioneered software troubleshooting and conflict resolution with the original First Aid." With continual improvements Continual Improvement (also called incremental improvement or staircase improvement) is a process or productivity improvement tool intended to have a stable and consistent growth and improvement of all the segments of a process or processes. and enhancements since First Aid's initial release, First Aid 97 now provides several innovative features that few competing products, including the most recent introductions, can match: -- First Aid contains a comprehensive crash protection module that intercepts both 16-bit and 32-bit faults and unfreezes crashed applications. However, unlike other products that claim similar features, First Aid also locates and downloads bug fixes A revised program file or patch that corrects a software bug. See bug, patch and hot fix. (programming) bug fix - A change to a program or system intended to permanently cure a bug. to the crashing program to help prevent future crashes and lockups. -- First Aid includes a comprehensive knowledge base for Windows applications that allows it to perform exhaustive feature-by-feature diagnostics and repair far beyond other troubleshooting products. -- First Aid is unique in its ability to track and undo system file changes. This feature is particularly important for users who routinely add new cards and games, as many PC problems are triggered by such changes. -- First Aid includes Dr. Solomon's (Dr. Solomon's, a McAfee, Inc. solution, www.drsolomon.com) An early developer of computer virus detection, identification and disinfection tools, originally created for all major operating systems. Founded in 1984, Dr. FindVirus to detect more than 10,000 viruses; with it, First Aid remains the only product to fix all viruses it finds. "After careful evaluation, the results are in: This is one of the best utility programs on the market," said Ron Scott of Linear Progression Inc. "We feel that everyone using Windows 95 should have this excellent program installed on their computer." CyberMedia's mission is to empower computer users to fix computers on their own before they need to call technical support hotlines for help. The company's ActiveHelp products include First Aid, Oil Change and the Technology Support Yellow Pages. CyberMedia products are distributed in more than 4,000 stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Germany, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Australia and via OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and distribution agreements with AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , Fujitsu, Packard Bell-NEC, Sony and Phoenix Technologies. Founded in 1991, CyberMedia employs more than 150 with company headquarters at 3000 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 2001, Santa Monica, Calif. Phone: 310/581-4700. To order, call 800/PC-1st-AID (800/721-7824) or visit the CyberMedia Web site at http://www.cybermedia.com . PC Magazine is one of the most complete and comprehensive sources of information for PC products currently available. Its comparative, category-wide reviews are the results of some of the most extensive laboratory testing in the industry. The Ziff-Davis publication, is read by more than 1 million readers twice a month. CONTACT: CyberMedia, Santa Monica Giselle Bisson, 310/581-4700, ext. 261 giselle@cybermedia.com or Capital Relations Inc. Naomi Hunter, 805/494-0830 nhunter@caprel.com |
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