INSIDER RELEASES UPDATEAGENT X 10.1
Leading Software Updater Improves FTP and HTTP Protocol Support

October 16, 2001 [Carlsbad, California] Insider UpdateAgent X version 10.1
was released today with support for Mac OS X 10.1, upgraded support for FTP
and HTTP protocols for downloading Macintosh application updaters, as well
as several maintenance fixes. The new release now contains direct support
for both protocols, attempting to download first via FTP, then via HTTP if
FTP fails. The five-mouse-rated Internet service brings all Macintosh
applications up-to-date-including traditional Mac Classic applications,
Classic apps carbonized for Mac OS X, and Cocoa applications written
specifically for Mac OS X systems.

“By providing support for both protocols within UpdateAgent X, we’re
delivering sure-fire performance and reliability,” commented Rio Sabadicci,
president of Insider Software. “This way we can guarantee that UpdateAgent
customers connect directly to our update servers with state-of-the-art
transmission protocols.”

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The new version of Insider UpdateAgent X is free to all existing users of
the updating service. New users can try a demo version that displays all
files required to bring a system’s applications up-to-date and downloads
free Mac OS updates. The full version downloads updaters for all
applications and costs $49.95 US for a full year of Internet-based updates.
Both versions are available for immediate download from Insider’s web site
at www.insidersoftware.com. For more information, users can send mail to
info@insidersoftware.com or call 1-800-700-6340 or +1-760-804-9900.

ABOUT INSIDER UPDATEAGENT X
Insider UpdateAgent X brings every application program on a Macintosh
system current with the latest updates released by over 2,000 software
vendors. After determining precisely which updaters are required to bring a
system up-to-date, UpdateAgent X downloads the updaters over the Internet
or copies them from CDs. The program can run automatically at regular
intervals, maintains the confidentiality of users’ hard drive contents, and
provides hot web links to vendors’ web sites.

INDUSTRY PRAISE FOR INSIDER UPDATEAGENT
Insider UpdateAgent’s advanced capabilities have earned it coveted
five-mouse rating from ZDnet and a five-disk rating from MacReview.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
UpdateAgent X requires Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X, three megabytes of memory to
run on the Macintosh system being updated, as well as whatever disk space
is required to store the relevant updaters.

ABOUT INSIDER SOFTWARE
Insider Software, founded in 1993 and based in Carlsbad, California,
develops and markets software products that make computers run better. In
addition to Insider UpdateAgent, Insider also produces Insider FontAgent,
the leading Windows and Macintosh font maintenance and repair utility; and
Insider SpaceAgent, a website compression and speed-up utility that also
runs on Windows and Macintosh systems.

Contact:
Rio Sabadicci
Insider Software
760-804-9900
rio@insidersoftware.com