Press release June 03, 2002

Carefree surfing with SaferSurf – from 50 cents per month
Set it up once, be permanently protected against viruses and data rubbish

The internet is bad – claim almost all users of the world wide web. The poor surfer is pestered constantly with irritating pop-up windows, nasty Java scripts, eMail viruses and spam mails. The defence is tiring: One has to disable certain browser functions – which does not make surfing more enjoyable – and to install and continually update a virus program.

The Nutzwerk company offers an alternative: Internet users simply surf using the patented SaferSurf technology. SaferSurf reliably removes ad banners, viruses and advertisements directly from the data stream. SaferSurf checks all incoming data in real-time and only passes on "clean" bits and bytes. Ad banners are replaced by a picture the size of 3x1 pixels; the spam filter for eMails allows for an individual configuration by the user. eMails that were filtered out are saved in the Trash and can be restored. SaferSurf supports all POP3 and IMAP mailboxes. Web pages that contain a virus are not displayed; instead SaferSurf shows a warning.

"200 years ago most people were afraid of lightning strikes until the lightning conductor was invented. Nowadays people are not afraid of lightning strikes any more. In the same way our solution is going to erase the fear of computer viruses from the minds of the users", says Ramona Wonneberger, CEO of Nutzwerk, about the vision behind SaferSurf.

SaferSurf can be set up with 3 mouse clicks. Afterwards users can forget about computer viruses forever. SaferSurf automatically takes care of the updates. Nothing has to be installed. The user registers with SaferSurf and gets his access data. Then he simply changes the internet browser settings to SaferSurf. Done. There is even an automatic setup for the Internet Explorer and the eMail program Outlook.

Monthly fees at a glance: Banner protection 50 cents, virus protection 1 euro, eMail protection 2 euros and all together 2.90 euros. The SaferSurf service can be tested for free for one month at http://www.safersurf.com.