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Check Point Protects Customers Against Latest Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Further Demonstrates the Value of the Check Point SmartDefense Service

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., -- July 15, 2004 - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that its industry-leading VPN-1®, InterSpect® and Connectra® product lines provide defenses against vulnerabilities announced in the Microsoft July 2004 Security Bulletin Summary. The Microsoft Summary addresses several vulnerabilities in various Windows applications and components. In the most severe instance, an exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities can result in a computer being taken over by an attacker.

Check Point provides customers with the industry's best network and application-level security protection for dynamic threats such as those listed in the Microsoft July 2004 Security Bulletin Summary. Check Point products can also protect users from Microsoft vulnerabilities, including those without currently available patches. Customers using the Check Point SmartDefense® Service benefit from real-time updates and advisories that provide protection against such new and emerging threats.

A detailed description of the threats and defenses are available to subscription customers of the SmartDefense Service. For more information on the Microsoft July 2004 Security Bulletin Summary, please go to the Check Point Security Center at: http://www.checkpoint.com/securitycenter/index.html.

About Check Point SmartDefense Service
The SmartDefense Service provides real-time and proactive defense updates for various Check Point products, including VPN-1 Pro, Check Point Express®, InterSpect and Connectra.

About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies (www.checkpoint.com) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets. Through its Next Generation product line, the company delivers a broad range of Perimeter, Internal and Web security solutions that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company's Zone Labs (www.zonelabs.com) division is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of PCs from hackers, spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of more than 2,300 Check Point partners in 92 countries. For more information, please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000, or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.opsec.com.

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