Nova Development Introduces Drive Erase Pro, the Secure Way to Erase Sensitive Data from Your Hard Drive — Permanently

Also Features SurfSecret Privacy Protection Bonus Software

CALABASAS, Calif., December 15, 2005 — Nova Development today announced the launch of Drive Erase Pro™, the secure way to permanently erase data from virtually any PC hard drive. Users of Drive Erase Pro can now sell or donate their computers without having to worry about confidential data falling into the wrong hands.

Unlike other solutions, Drive Erase Pro gives users the option of either deleting all of the data on their hard drive or just shredding selected files — easily, securely and permanently.

Exceeds U.S. Department of Defense Security Standards
Drive Erase Pro meets or exceeds the U.S. Department of Defense's clearing and sanitizing standards. To adhere to these rigorous standards, Drive Erase Pro overwrites all addressable locations on the hard drive with a character, its complement, and then a random character. Drive Erase Pro goes one step beyond by providing a Disk Viewer utility so that users can verify that the data has truly been deleted! Here are the Department of Defense (DOD) standards to which Drive Erase Pro complies:

• 5220.22-M
• NAVSO P-5239-26 (RLL)
• NAVSO P-5239-27 (MFM)

SurfSecret™ Privacy Protector™
As an added bonus, every copy of Drive Erase Pro also ships with SurfSecret Privacy Protector, which securely erases Internet surfing tracks to protect users’ privacy from prying eyes. The recipient of a ZDNet Editor’s Choice award, SurfSecret Privacy Protector automatically cleans Instant Message tracks, peer-to-peer history, Goggle “last-searched” toolbar data, and more — 30 applications in all. SurfSecret Privacy Protector even features a Stealth Mode to ensure that no will know the software is running.

Pricing and Availability
Drive Erase Pro is available now at computer, software specialty, consumer electronics and office supply stores nationwide for an anticipated street price of $29.95.

System Requirements
Drive Erase Pro can be used with any PC running Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000 or XP with a Pentium® 200 MHz or faster, 64 MB RAM, and a CD-ROM Drive. Compatible with All Windows Drives — IDE, SCSI, USB, FireWire and more.

About Nova Development Corp.
Based in Southern California, Nova Development Corporation is a market leader in personal and small business productivity software. Now among the largest publishers of productivity software in the United States, Nova has a history of providing new technologies that consistently expand the uses of desktop computers for a variety of users, from home to school to business. For more information, call (818) 591-9600. Fax: (818) 591-8885. Or visit Nova Development on the Web at www.novadevelopment.com.

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PR CONTACTS:

Michele Kennedy
208-552-5661
michelekennedy@cableone.net

or

Teri Bruno
714-536-8407
teribruno@aol.com

Drive Erase pro is a trademark and the Nova logo is a registered trademark of Nova Development. SurfSecret and Privacy Protector are trademarks of Advercast LLC and SurfSecret Software.