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                          AUTHORISZOR INC.
           Announces United Kingdom and European Offering

         Boston,   Massachusetts,   February   8,   2000  -   Authoriszor   Inc.
(OTC:BB:AUOR)  announced  an  offering of its common  stock,  par value $.01 per
share,  in the United  Kingdom  and Europe  pursuant to  Regulation  S under the
United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act").

         The Company is offering a minimum of 1,850,000 shares (the "Shares") of
its common stock.  The final  purchase price for the Shares and the final number
of Shares to be sold will be  determined  following  a period of offering by the
Company's  placement  agent,  negotiations  with prospective  non-United  States
purchasers  by the  Company's  placement  agent,  and  negotiations  between the
Company  and its  placement  agent.  The  Company  has  agreed to grant  certain
registration rights to the prospective purchasers of the Shares.

         The current  offering of such securities  will not be registered  under
the  Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S, and the Shares may not be offered,
sold or delivered in the current  offering in the United States or to or for the
account or benefit of any  United  States  Person (as such terms are  defined in
Regulation  S) . Such  securities  may not be  reoffered or resold in the United
States absent registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable
exemption  from such  registration  requirements.  Hedging  transactions  in the
common stock may not be engaged in unless in compliance with the Securities Act.