Overland Park, KS - October 13, 1999 - VirtualGate, a smart card based computer locking device designed to protect data and personal privacy for both individual and business users, is now available from Armadillo Multimedia Enterprise Ltd. This unique data security product provides secure login with seamless smart card and password protection, and is available for immediate purchase directly from the publisher's web site.

VirtualGate is an easy to install/use product, and offers the most cost effective security solution for personal computer users. It provides three settings for the user to maximize their computer security; customized to lock immediately after start-up, when the smart card is removed, and/or when the pre-set idle time limit is reached. With the added hardware security of the smart card reader, and the smart card as the computer's lock and key, VirtualGate is virtually tamper-proof!

"Being the Managing Director of a technology driven corporation, I am always concerned with the data security of our computer systems. Although there are numerous data security software available, they have proven to be either ineffective and/or too expensive to install on every available computer systems in the company." Said Jensan C. Jen, Senior Vice President of Atmel Corporation. "VirtualGate, on the other hand, is easy to use and install while providing the necessary protection to our company's data. I am satisfied with the results that this security product has provided and I would recommend it to all companies and individual users in need of data security."

Purchase VirtualGate, the perfect answer to your computer security questions, direct from the publisher's web site, http://www.armadillo.com.hk/maincatalog.html, for a special introductory price of $39.95 (regularly $49.95). The product comes complete with a Smart Card, reader, and software on CD-ROM. No accessories are needed.

Armadillo is partnered with NetSales, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced e-commerce services, to enable online sales of R.A.T. Control. NetSales provides secure transaction processing, customer support, and delivery services for online sales of the product.

INTERNET FRAUD COUNCIL HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING INDUSTRY'S FIRST PRIVATE-PUBLIC SECTOR CONSORTIUM TO COMBAT INTERNET FRAUD FORMALIZES

Organization and Elects Officers

RICHMOND, Va., Nov 2, 1999 -- The Internet Fraud Council (IFC), a new member-affiliated group of organizations actively involved in supporting the prevention, interdiction and prosecution of fraud committed through use of the Internet, today held its inaugural meeting. The advisory board appointed Paul K. Fichtman, president and COO of RiskWise.com, Tom Arnold, CTO of CyberSource, and John B. Russell Jr., partner for the law firm of Becker, Russell & Becker, to the positions of chairman, vice chairman and secretary/treasurer, respectively.

Paul Fichtman, president and COO of RiskWise.com, a leading Internet risk management company, brings a well-founded understanding of fraud and risk to the IFC. Prior to joining RiskWise.com, he was executive vice president of the National Fraud Center and has numerous years of experience in the information technology arena with Unisys.