F-Secure sends Virus Warnings using oplayo's Video Streaming Technology

Helsinki, Finland - May 7, 2001

F-Secure, a leading provider of security for mobile, distributed enterprises, today announced that the company has signed an agreement of cooperation with oplayo oy (previously AVS Technologies), a company specialized in developing technologies for transmitting video images in the Internet. F-Secure will distribute virus information on its web pages using videos created with oplayo technology.

In the first phase of the cooperation, F-Secure web pages will have a presentation by Mikko Hypponen, Manager of the anti-virus research team, on viruses and their detection and disinfection. F-Secure will expand the use to other communications, such as interim reports as well as internal training and meetings.

F-Secure will utilize oplayo's video technology to speed up information on new and potentially destructive viruses and thereby help stop their spreading. The goal is to have Mikko Hypponen's virus analyses and disinfection advice in the web within two or three hours of the first appearance of a new virus.

"Utilizing video technology will free up time from requests for interviews and basic data for actual analysis and disinfection work. It is important to find as easily utilized a video transmission method as possible, and also one that will make it possible for a large group of viewers to see the video without a security risk. For our purposes, oplayo's Java-based solution is ideal," says Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure.

"We are very excited about the cooperation with F-Secure. Their communications needs are challenging. When needed, they must be able to communicate clearly, quickly and globally with everyone, from large companies to the man on the street. We are very happy that they chose us as their cooperation partner in the area of Internet video technology. Together we will be able to reply to their demanding communications needs," says Anttoni Vesterinen, Managing Director of oplayo.

oplayo's patented Java-based streaming-technology makes viewing of the video possible even using a normal modem connection. The video opens up to a normal Internet browser by clicking a link without the need for separately installed plug-in programs. The video image is very tightly packed in oplayo's solution. The user's PC or mobile equipment opens the packet automatically using the enclosed Java application (about 10 kb), downloaded in a few seconds through the modem. The sound and image transmission technologies currently in use require separately installed additional programs for viewing. The Java-based Internet browsers needed by oplayo's technology are available worldwide in amounts of at least three times as many as separately installed additional programs.

About oplayo: [www.oplayo.com]

oplayo (former AVS Technologies) is an innovative software company developing fast and easy video technology based on Java for both wireless and fixed Internet . The company's goal is to provide a simple and secure solution that enables all computer and wireless device users to view high-quality video content - without any proprietary plug-ins needed for a standard web browser. The patented MVQ video codec technology makes it possible to produce profitable and added-value Internet services that reach widespread consumer groups. Founded in 1999, oplayo is located in Helsinki, Finland and New York, USA. The company is funded by Nokia Ventures and Zouk Ventures (UK).