ALADDIN SYSTEMS SHIPS SPRING CLEANING 5.0-- NEW RELEASE ADDS FEATURES TO
CLEAN AND PROTECT MACINTOSH COMPUTERS AND ONLINE PRIVACY

New Version Allows Customizable Searches, Selective Internet Cookie
Editing, System Menu Shortcuts To Cleaning Functions And More

Watsonville, CA - May 20, 2001 - Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ALHI), today launched
Spring Cleaning(r) 5.0. Spring Cleaning, the #1 uninstaller for the
Macintosh, provides additional tools designed to clean Macintosh computers
and protect online privacy. Optimized for Mac OS X, Spring Cleaning 5.0
provides over 16 powerful, easy-to-use tools to help users safely and
easily remove hard drive and Internet clutter to increase Mac performance
and protect online privacy. New 5.0 features include: customizable
searches, enhanced Internet cookie editing, drag and drop capabilities, a
System Menu to provide shortcuts to features, and root access allowances.

Mac users who relied upon Spring Cleaning as an uninstaller and computer
clean-up kit will enjoy the improved cleaning tools and take advantage of
new customizable searches and root access allowances for power users.
Internet users will appreciate Spring Cleaning 5.0 for its privacy features
in iClean, a desktop Internet clean up tool. Used weekly, iClean can get
rid of Internet cookies and cache to erase Internet trails and to keep
privacy at a maximum.

SPRING CLEANING 5.0 NEW FEATURES AND BENEFITS
* Drag and Drop capabilities- All 16 search tools in Advanced Mode
include drag and drop to perform actions and faster searches on a
specific volume or folder
* Customizable searches- Find any type of file while using special actions
* Cookie Editor enhancement- CookieTosser(tm)/Internet Cache
Finder(tm) now edits by creation date, server name and automatically
delete cookies from selected servers every time the feature is run
* System Menu for Mac OS X- A desktop menu bar gives immediate access
to all Spring Cleaning searches
* QuickCompare optimization- Compares Mac OS X files AND folders and
application packages
* Mac OS X optimization- Greater performance with support for
application packages/bundles, extensions, support for long file names
and larger file sizes, and more...
* Root Access allowances- Mac OS X feature gives extended access privileges
* Search Filter access- Easier access to search filter settings both
before and after a search
* Extended Standard Mode features- Advanced Mode actions now
accessible within Standard Mode

"Spring Cleaning helps all Macintosh users achieve two basic goals: keeping
their Mac running at optimal performance and helping them take control over
their Internet experience," said Pauline Shumake, product manager.

Includes 16+ Power Cleaning Tools
The 16 cleaning options included are: AccessMonitor(tm), Alias Fixer,
Custom Search, Document Finder(tm), Duplicates Finder(tm), Empty Folder
Finder(tm), Fat App Slimmer(tm), File Checker(tm), Font Finder(tm), Mail
Cleaner(tm), Help Finder(tm), Internet Cache Finder(tm),
MacUninstaller(tm), Orphan Adopter(tm), Orphaned Pref Finder(tm), Storage
Items Finder(tm). Plus the bonus program, iClean for Internet privacy and
clutter removal, includes Cookie Tosser, Alias Fixer(tm), Web Cache Files
Remover(tm), Internet History Files Remover(tm), and Empty Trash.

To learn more about Spring Cleaning, visit:
(http://www.aladdinsys.com/springcleaning/index.html).

Pricing, Availability and Requirements
Spring Cleaning ($49.99) and iClean 5.0 (also sold separately, $29.99) are
available directly from Aladdin (http://www.aladdinsys.com/store). Spring
Cleaning is also sold at major retailers, mail order catalogs, and through
Aladdin's international partner network
(http://www.aladdinsys.com/store/international.html). Spring Cleaning is
distributed by Ingram Micro, EMJ Data Systems LTD, The Douglas Stewart
Company, Softline UK and PICA Software.

A special $29.99 offer is being extended to registered owners of Mac disk
utilities made by Symantec, Micromat, Alsoft, Webroot and Casady & Greene.

Upgrade Pricing
Upgrades are available directly from Aladdin for $29.99 for registered
owners of Spring Cleaning and iClean or by submitting the $20 mail-in
rebate from retailers nationwide. More information is available at
(http://www.aladdinsys.com/store/upgrades.html)

Spring Cleaning requires a Power Macintosh computer, running Mac OS 8.6 or
higher, including Mac OS X, with at least 8MB of RAM; Carbon Lib 1.5 or
higher.

Aladdin Systems, Inc: The Leader in Access Management(tm) Founded in 1988,
Aladdin Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aladdin Systems
Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: ALHI), develops and publishes award-winning
business and consumer products, including StuffIt, the complete compression
solution for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris platforms. Aladdin's
software offers a range of solutions to increase user efficiency in the
areas of information access, removal, recovery, security and Internet
distribution. For more information on Aladdin's products, visit:
http://www.aladdinsys.com.

Aladdin is located at 245 Westridge Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076, USA;
telephone: (831)761-6200; Fax: (831)761-6206. For more information about
Aladdin, visit the company Web site at: http://www.aladdinsys.com or
e-mail: info@aladdinsys.com.