Cryptzone AB has today written a Memorandum of Understanding with Avira GmbH.

Gothenburg, December 11, 2008 - Cryptzone and Avira have initiated a
negotiation regarding Avira to become the majority shareholder of
Cryptzone.

Both Cryptzone and Avira can see a number of potential synergies of a
joint market approach. The technologies are complementary as well as
the served customer segments. Avira would benefit from Cryptzone's
expertise and products in the area of encryption and email security,
as well as Cryptzone's sales channels into larger organizations and
the government sector. Cryptzone will also be a contributor to
Avira's future product portfolio.
The joint product portfolio will be one of the best offered solutions
on the global market.

The goal is for the negotiation to be finished no later than the 31st
of January 2009."I see this opportunity as a step to increase the strength of our
company and build our product portfolio to fully compete within the
strong growing global market for Data Leak Prevention - DLP", says
Peter Davin, CEO of Cryptzone. "Cryptzone gains a strong financial
owner with its own complementary product line, with sales in Europe,
Asia and America and a strong customer base consisting of over 60
million users. This opportunity will give Cryptzone a fantastic
potential to reach out to new markets and customers, as well to our
existing customers," says Per Svantesson, Chairman of the Board,
Cryptzone.

For more information:
Peter Davin, CEO
Email: peter.davin@cryptzone.com
Phone: +46 701 - 839 199

About Cryptzone:
Cryptzone is a recognized leader in data leak prevention solutions
that secure data at rest and in transit by applying the industry
strength Simple Encryption Platform (SEP). Cryptzone provides
security solutions that people and companies actually can and will
use, thereby increasing the overall data protection and minimizing
data leaks. Cryptzone secures email, files, folders, disks, USB
sticks and mobile terminals without forcing users to change the way
they work, while giving IT departments' central control of user
rights. The company has offices in Gothenburg, Sweden, New York, US,
and Munich, Germany. For more information about Cryptzone and the
company's portfolio of data leak prevention and encryption solutions,
visit www.cryptzone.com.

Cryptzone is listed and trading on First North. First North is an
alternative market, operated by the different exchanges within NASDAQ
OMX. Certified Adviser on First North: Thenberg & Kinde
Fondkommission AB, Phone: +46 (0) 31-745 50 00.

About Avira:
To read more about Avira, please visit www.avira.com