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CyberDefender Launches Major National Television and Radio Campaign Through Its Expanding Partnership With Media Giant Guthy-Renker

Posted on: Thursday, 2 April 2009, 06:00 CDT

The Media and Marketing Services Agreement Entered Into by the Companies Provides Guthy-Renker the Ability to Acquire Up to 22% of CyberDefender's Fully Diluted Common Stock

LOS ANGELES, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CyberDefender (http://www.cyberdefender.com/) (OTC Bulletin Board: CYDE), a provider of award-winning PC security and identity theft prevention solutions, today announced the launch of a marketing campaign with Guthy-Renker, a major independent direct-response marketing firm, to broadcast a series of TV and radio commercials which will emphasize a simple solution to address computer security problems and bring CyberDefender's antivirus/antispyware software to a larger national audience. Guthy-Renker's promotion of CyberDefender's flagship product, the CyberDefender Early Detection Center, will aim to more strongly establish CyberDefender as one of the most innovative providers of security solutions in the industry.

Guthy-Renker is one of the world's largest, most sophisticated direct response television companies with annual sales of more than $1.8 billion. Pursuant to the agreement, Guthy-Renker will provide a direct response media campaign, including television and radio, media planning, media buying and optimization throughout the project to promote CyberDefender's products and services. Under the terms of the agreement, which is to continue until August 31, 2010, Guthy-Renker will provide reimbursable funding of up to $16 million in radio and television media expenses over the 18-month term. As a result, Guthy-Renker will receive common stock purchase warrants entitling it to acquire, in total, approximately 22% of CyberDefender's currently outstanding common stock on a fully diluted basis. A description of the agreement has been included in, and a copy of the agreement has been attached to, CyberDefender's Annual Report on Form 10-K which it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2009 and which is available for review at www.sec.gov .

"We are very excited about this opportunity and believe that with the help of Guthy-Renker we will significantly increase our customer base and subscription revenue," said Gary Guseinov, CEO of CyberDefender. "We believe that Guthy-Renker's ability to buy effective advertising is unparalleled in the industry and we anticipate that the services we receive will give CyberDefender a significant advantage over the competition."

"We are equally excited about the chance to work with CyberDefender. In today's challenging consumer marketplace, we continue to look for products like theirs that are less affected by the current economic environment," said Boris Shimanovsky, President of Guthy-Renker Match, a division of Guthy-Renker. He added, "CyberDefender fills an underserved growing demand for consumer protection and we believe our marketing expertise is a great fit with their innovative, Internet security products."

About CyberDefender Corporation

CyberDefender Corporation (OTCBB: CYDE) believes that its Internet security technology offers the earliest possible detection and most aggressive defense against Internet security attacks. CyberDefender believes that it is the only Internet security software company to combat spyware, viruses, and identity theft using a patent pending secure peer-to-peer collaborative threat protection network (the earlyNETWORK), enabling protection that is unparalleled in speed and flexibility. Products employing the earlyNETWORK include CyberDefender's MyIdentityDefender Toolbar, CyberDefenderFREE V2.0, and CyberDefender Early Detection Center V2.0. All of these products are fully compatible with Microsoft's Vista Operating system and available at http://www.cyberdefender.com/.

About Guthy-Renker

Established in 1988, Guthy-Renker is today one of the world's largest direct response television companies with annual sales of more than $1.8 billion.

Originally launched as a television direct marketer by Co-CEO's Bill Guthy and Greg Renker, the independently-owned, vertically-integrated company has since broadened its focus into every area of electronic retailing, making quality products available to U.S. and international consumers through broadcast television, cable and satellite, as well as Internet, telemarketing, direct mail, radio and retail channels.

Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical or current fact, such as the Company's expectation of increases to its customer base and subscription revenue, constitute "forward-looking statements". Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the Company's actual results to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the Company's results to be materially different from the forward-looking statements include whether the Company will be able to find financing when and as it needs it and whether the Company's revenues will eventually exceed its expenses. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, which are available for review at www.sec.gov.

SOURCE CyberDefender

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