CyberDefender Corporation (fka CYDEQ)

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News for 'CYDE' - (CyberDefender Retains Direct Response Industry Veterans Worth Linen Associates Company Leverages More Than 30 Years of Experience to Support Management in Execution of Strategic Repositioning)

LOS ANGELES, Aug 17, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- CyberDefender(R) Corporation! (Nasdaq:CYDE), a leading provider of direct to consumer remote technical support services, Internet security software and utilities, today announced it has retained Worth Linen Associates (WLA) as strategic counsel.
Leveraging WLA's more than 30 years of direct to consumer marketing experience, during the six-month engagement the firm will support CyberDefender senior management in the execution of a series of organizational changes related to its
new strategic direction (see press release dated August 2, 2011).

Under the terms of the agreement, WLA will focus on helping the company improve its operating performance in marketing strategy and execution, phone center operations and efficiencies, financial procedures and collections, and data systems and customer database management.

"As we execute on our strategic changes, it's important to create the right structure and support within the organization, and we are pleased to have the depth of experience of the Worth Linen Associates team here to a ssist us," said CyberDefender Executive Consultant and interim CEO candidate, Greg Thomas.
"Worth Linen will support management in various aspects of marketing and sales efforts, call center management, customer communication, data management and analysis, collections and accounts receivable management. From improving the front-end process of customer acquisition and restructuring the renewal process to implementing cross-sale opportunities, we are working aggressively to optimize the way the company generates and retains subscription revenue."

About Worth Linen Associates

Worth Linen Associates (WLA, Inc.) is a direct marketing consulting firm
headquartered in New York. WLA specializes in helping venture capital and
private equity clients evaluate and manage their direct-to-consumer company
investments from a unique, insider's perspective. WLA also provides marketing
and management consulting, as well as database management and! analysis services,
to a broad range of clients, including Guthy-Renker, New Vitality, the USO,
consumer financial service companies, and traditional direct marketers such as
publishers, cataloguers, and book and music clubs. WLA has assigned its two most
senior executives to work with CyberDefender:

- Worth Linen, WLA CEO -- former Vice Chairman of Wunderman Worldwide, CEO of
BMG Direct, Chairman of The Signature Group, and CEO of LiveTechnology.

- Neil Pennington, WLA Executive Vice President -- former CFO of BMG Direct, CFO
and COO of American Family Enterprises, and CFO/General Manager of Columbia
House.

About CyberDefender

CyberDefender is a leading provider of remote technical support services,
Internet security software and utilities directly to the consumer market.
CyberDefender's team of highly trained technicians and sales agents provide
customers with efficient, round the clock remote PC repair services. T! he company
markets antispyware/antivirus software, PC optimization software and online
backup services. By combining remote live technical support and the
aforementioned software products, CyberDefender offers a complete Internet
security solution to consumers.

CyberDefender directly markets its products and services to consumers through
television and radio via its MyCleanPC(R), MaxMySpeed(R) and DoubleMySpeed(R)
brands. CyberDefender products are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows(R)
XP, Vista(R), and 7 Operating systems. All products are available at
www.cyberdefender.com. Investor relations information is available at
www.cyberdefendercorp.com.

The CyberDefender Corporation logo is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7874

Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this public announcement that are not statements of historical or
current fact, including statements regarding future market opportunities, the
expansion of the Company's platform, and fu! ture business and financial results,
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other unknown factors that could cause CyberDefender'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 CyberDefender's results to be materially different from the
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, whether
CyberDefender will be able to find financing as required and whether
CyberDefender's revenues will eventually exceed its expenses. The
forward-looking statements also are subject generally to other risks and
uncertainties that are described from time to time in CyberDefender's reports
and registration stat! ements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
which are available for review at http://www.sec.gov/.

This news release was distributed by GlobeNewswire, www.globenewswire.com

SOURCE: CyberDefender Corporation


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