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"Enlarge" your Spam Protection with InterMute!

InterMute's SpamSubtract stops offensive & pornographic spam, for free

Braintree, Mass. - May 6, 2003 - InterMute Inc., developer of award-winning web-preference software, is providing a free version of its SpamSubtract software that stops offensive spam. InterMute has targeted the worst of the worst; the offensive, vulgar and pornographic spam that is flooding the Internet and being unintentionally viewed by children and adults, on home, school and workplace computers.

InterMute already offers a free 30 day trial of SpamSubtract PRO, which filters all sorts of unwanted email, including commercial spam. To address the flood of obscene spam and to protect those who wish to avoid such materials, InterMute's 'family-friendly' SpamSubtract software will keep working, even after the 30 day trial period is over, to block spam with offensive language and images. SpamSubtract will protect user's email Inboxes from such offensive emails even if they decide to not purchase SpamSubtract PRO.

"Many people have told us the number one reason they want a solution to spam is to protect their computers from email with embarrassing and offensive images and language," states Ed English, CEO of InterMute. "People are extremely annoyed at misleading email which, when opened or automatically previewed, shows pornographic images. InterMute is committed to protecting Internet users by blocking such spam forever. People should not have to put up with offensive spam."

"SpamSubtract continues the philosophy of InterMute's first product, AdSubtract; to provide Internet users with the ability to take back control of their Internet experience and to provide access to 'the web your way.' With all the junk out there on the Internet, including spam and pop-up ads, people need simple and effective defensive tools," continued English.

With SpamSubtract, spam gets stopped before it reaches your email program. Spam is quarantined in a spam control panel, where it can be quickly deleted without needing to really 'see' it. Obscene words in spam get masked and offensive pictures are suppressed to combat distasteful spam.

SpamSubtract is available immediately at www.spamsubtract.com and supports Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape and Eudora email clients.

About InterMute, Inc.
InterMute, Inc. develops and distributes Internet software to make the web more productive, pleasant, and private. Based in Braintree, Massachusetts, InterMute's software 'Subtracts the Ads' and protects online privacy. For further information, visit the InterMute web site at www.intermute.com.