SOUTHWEST STARS RESCUES PC'S FROM WORM VIRUS

Company Rescues Data From Computers Affected by Destructive Worm.ExploreZip Offers Discounted Emergency Rescue Service for Victims

San Antonio, Texas, Jun 15 -- Southwest Stars, a leading international data recovery company, today announced it has successfully recovered computer data lost as a result of the destructive Worm.ExploreZip virus. The virus has been reported to have affected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide.

Helping computer users affected by the malicious virus, Southwest Stars is offering a 10% discount on its 5-7 day service for recovering data lost as a result of the Worm.ExploreZip virus. The company's usual minimum charges still apply. The offer is effective immediately and extends until June 30,1999.

"This worm virus is something to take seriously. It can spread like Melissa and hit harder than Chernobyl," said Lila York, president of Southwest Stars. "We wish to extend our years of experience in data recovery to help people who have lost access to their valuable computer data due to this virus."

Reported to originate in Israel, the Worm.ExploreZip infects Windows 9x and NT data files. You may receive this worm as an email file attachment named "zipped_files.exe". When opened, this worm searches drives C through Z of the computer system and selects a series of files to affect based on file extensions (including .h, .c, .cpp, .asm, .doc, .xls, .ppt). Within seconds it can render hundreds of files inaccessible by changing the file size to zero bytes.

Southwest Stars has specialized in recovering lost data and has a success rate over 90%. The company recovers data in as little as 24 hours from all perating systems and rotating media including hard drives, floppies, CD-ROM, removable and magneto-optical cartridges. Southwest Stars data recovery facilities are factory-authorized by all hard drive manufacturers to open sealed drive mechanisms without voiding the original warranty.

For more information, call Southwest Stars at (800) 924-0305 or (210) 734-2272 or visit the company web site at http://www.swstars.com. Southwest Stars is located at 5511 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78212