Symantec Announces Exclusive Deal with Staples-Business Depot Tech Centres

Toronto, ON. June 7, 1999 - Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing, today announced an exclusive deal with the Tech Centres of The Business DEPOT™. The Business DEPOT locations nation-wide will now use Norton SystemWorks™ exclusively in their Tech Centres, offering customers comprehensive troubleshooting and repair services for their computing needs.

The Business DEPOT has 120 Tech Centres across Canada. The Tech Centres offer upgrade services to customers as well as PC software diagnostics. Each technician will use the Norton SystemWorks package, and its Norton AntiVirus™ program to scan a customer's PC system before and after servicing to ensure the machine is free from viruses.

"By utilising the troubleshooting expertise of the Norton products, we are adding value to the wide array of technical service and support options we offer our customers," says Akbar Husein, category manager at The Business DEPOT. "We chose Norton SystemWorks because it offers a comprehensive one-stop solution comprising five Symantec utilities that work together to fix and prevent system problems."

At The Business DEPOT Tech Centres, customers can take advantage of the Norton SystemWorks package which features:

• Norton Anti-Virus - the world's most popular and most powerful anti-virus capabilities
• Norton Utilities™ - the industry leader in finding and preventing computer problems
• Norton CleanSweep™ - the most complete PC hard drive clean-up software on the market
• Norton CrashGuard™ - protects against system crashes and screen fixes
• Norton Web Services™ - gives users easy access to the latest virus definitions, hardware drivers and software updates

"More than 30 million customers trust the Norton brand name to keep their computers safe and reliable," said Chris Monnette, General Manager, Symantec Canada. "Now customers can get that same reliability whenever they take their computers to any of The Business DEPOT's Tech Centres. With the Norton packages, customers get the best troubleshooting and repair capabilities available on the market today."