EXHIBIT 23.1

                                               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
CyberMedia, Inc.


        We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  registration
statement on Form S-8 of CyberMedia,  Inc. of our report dated February 27, 1997
relating to the balance sheets of  CyberMedia,  Inc. as of December 31, 1996 and
1995 and the related  statements of  operations,  stockholders'  equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  December 31, 1996,
which  report  appears  in Form  10-K of  CyberMedia,  Inc.  for the year  ended
December 31, 1996.


                                   Sincerely,

                                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

                                                      /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Long Beach, California
January 23, 1998