Wednesday, 5 October 2005 11:20 EST

Developer of award-winning anti-spyware tool, CounterSpy, enters into publishing agreement with Avanquest Software

Worcester, UK, 5th October 2005 – Sunbelt System Software, the leading provider of Windows system administration tools and enterprise security solutions, today announced a non-exclusive publishing agreement with Avanquest Software, a leading Paris-headquartered software publisher, whereby Avanquest will begin selling the consumer version of CounterSpy™ throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Beginning in October 2005, end-users within these regions will be able to purchase CounterSpy directly from Avanquest.

“This new agreement with Avanquest helps us broaden our CounterSpy consumer marketing efforts to the EMEA markets,” said Carol Montgomery-Adams, vice president of channels and business development for Sunbelt Software. “With the distribution of CounterSpy to these markets, we hope to offer even more computer users protection with our award-winning anti-spyware program.”

“This agreement with Sunbelt gives us an opportunity to enhance our existing line of security software products,” said Fabrice Le Camus, executive vice president, web division Avanquest Software. “We’re extremely happy to partner with Sunbelt and leverage our expertise to put CounterSpy in the hands of more customers.”

About CounterSpy
CounterSpy is designed to be a one-stop solution to the spyware problem, with an extensive database of current spyware threats, that aggressively scans, detects, and removes a broad range of adware, spyware and other malware, while providing real-time prevention to reduce the chance of future spyware infections. With the best spyware database in the industry, CounterSpy delivers one of the highest spyware detection rates in the industry and has received the 2005 Best Buy and World Class Awards from PC World, Editor’s Choice Award from Laptop Magazine and a 5-star rating from CNET’s Download.com.

About Sunbelt System Software
Established in 1983, Sunbelt System Software is the first and largest provider of 'best-of-breed' Windows system administration tools and enterprise solutions, supplying the tools necessary to support a Windows 2000/2003 corporate infrastructure. As well as being a software developer Sunbelt has a long history of working in partnership with innovative software developers like NSI. Sunbelt System Software produces and distributes leading edge utilities and provides mainframe quality technical support.

Sunbelt System Software has 20 years of experience in supporting mission critical systems for the world's largest corporations who have implemented flexible, powerful, and quality system management tools, easily, rapidly and cost effectively through the guidance of Sunbelt.

Part of the Sunbelt International Group, Sunbelt System Software covers the EMEA and most of the rest of the world, Sunbelt Software Distribution covers the US and Canada.

The Sunbelt group has offices in France, UK, Belgium, Germany, Sweden as well as the USA. Revenues from all operations were more than $35 million in 2004.

For further information on Sunbelt System Software please visit www.sunbelt-software.com