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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
To the Board of Directors of CyberMedia, Inc.
 
     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(No. 333-20113 and 333-44961) on Form S-8 of CyberMedia, Inc., of our report
dated March 25, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of CyberMedia,
Inc., as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated statements
of operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the December
31, 1997, annual report on Form 10-K of CyberMedia, Inc.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP
 
Long Beach, California
March 30, 1998