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Manaris Corporation Appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers as its Auditors


MONTREAL, CANADA (January 17, 2006) - Manaris Corporation (OTCBB:MANS)
(FRANKFURT WKN:255471) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved
a change in auditors. The Company has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP- based
in Montreal, Quebec (PwC) to replace Manning Elliott LLP Chartered Accountants
(Manning Elliott) - based in Vancouver, British Colombia, who resigned effective
January 11, 2006.

PwC will replace Manning Elliott, who had been Manaris' auditors since 2003. The
decision to change auditors was not caused by any disagreement between Manaris
and Manning Elliott on any matter of accounting principles, practices or
financial disclosure.


About Manaris Corporation

Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Manaris Corporation offers a
comprehensive suite of enterprise risk management services and solutions. C-Chip
Technologies (North America) specializes in the high-tech sector of the security
industry, with technology that allows business users to efficiently access,
control, manage and monitor remote assets at low costs. Avensys enables
businesses and corporations to monitor different types of environments,
including Air, Soil, Water as well as buildings and infrastructures. Chartrand
Laframboise Investigation provides corporations and institutions with security
services including corporate investigation, surveillance, electronic monitoring
and protection of personnel and premises.

FORWARD-LOOKING-STATEMENT: Except for factual statements made herein, the
information contained in this press release consists of forward-looking
statements that involve risks uncertainties, including the effect of changing
economic conditions, competition within the credit and security industry,
customer acceptance of products and other risks and uncertainties. Such forward
looking statements are not guarantees of performance, and Manaris Corporation
results could differ materially from those contained in such statements. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and Manaris
Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of
this release.

Contacts:

Mr. John Fraser
President and CEO
(514) 337-2447

Linda Farha
Zenergy Communications
(514) 273-4034
linda@zenergycom.com