Digital River Markets Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005; 11:35 AM

Digital River, Inc. (www.digitalriver.com), a provider in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced it is providing e-commerce support for Sunbelt Software, Inc., a leading provider of security solutions for the Windows® operating system.

By working with Digital River, Sunbelt plans to expand the online marketing and sales of its CounterSpy™ software, a popular antispyware tool. Based on an agreement, Sunbelt is offering downloadable versions of its software through more than one thousand online retail, content and portal sites in Digital River’s oneNetwork™ online sales channel, including Circuit City Stores, Inc., PC World and Staples, Inc.

“We are pleased to welcome Sunbelt Software to our online network,” said Dave Alampi, Digital River’s vice president of marketing. “Through our oneNetwork sales channel, we are able to quickly connect publishers with a well established group of resellers as well as an expanded market of buyers. We believe oneNetwork offers an ideal situation and turnkey solution for Sunbelt to successfully market CounterSpy to online customers.”

“We are delighted to make CounterSpy available to new customers through Digital River,” said Carol Adams, vice president of channel and business development with Sunbelt Software. “By working with Digital River, we can leverage its relationships with online retailers to drive more revenue for our company.”

Headquartered in Tampa Bay (Clearwater), Fla., Sunbelt Software was founded in 1994 and offers product solutions to protect and secure systems from costly inefficiencies, including spam, spyware, system downtime and security vulnerabilities.