       Take Charge! - Smart Choices for Your Cox Digital HomeTake Charge News 
  JULY 14, 2008 Upgrade makes Internet security faster, safer and more family-friendly ATLANTA –Cox Communications announced today its customers are getting an automatic upgrade to the latest version of McAfee’s security software suite – providing them stronger protection, faster response times and improved parental controls. Customers who download the free Cox Security Suite powered by McAfee will automatically be provided with the latest enhancements to the software in mid-December. “Cox is committed to providing a safe and secure online experience by giving all our high-speed Internet customers free access to the Cox Security Suite powered by McAfee,” stated Mike Pacifico, Executive Director of Marketing. “These latest enhancements give customers some of the best in class protection at no extra cost. If they were to buy this software in a computer store, it would cost them nearly $70 per year.” The 2009 version of the Cox Security Suite includes McAfee’s Active Protection, which provides instant threat updates to protect customers against viruses and other malware. Also included is a Quick Scan feature, which allows customers to check for threats rapidly in the areas of their computer that are most frequently attacked. And the software update provides even stronger parental controls including age-appropriate searching. This feature helps ensure that safety features of popular search engines are enabled to help keep children from seeing inappropriate content online. “Cox has a long history of being an industry leader in providing parental controls through our Take Charge! program,” said Amy Cohn, Executive Director, Corporate Reputation Management. “The Cox Security Suite powered by McAfee makes it easy for parents to set up safe-searching options for their family’s computers, so they can take advantage of all the benefits of the Internet.” Customers who have already downloaded the Cox Security Suite powered by McAfee will receive these updates automatically in mid-December. Those who haven’t yet downloaded the free software can visit security.cox.net to do so. For more information on parental controls and Cox’s Take Charge! program, visit www.cox.com/takecharge. About Cox Communications: Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with 6.2 million total residential and commercial customers. The third-largest cable television company in the United States, Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide IP network. Cox Business is a full-service, facilities-based provider of communications solutions for commercial customers, providing high-speed Internet, voice and long distance services, as well as data and video transport services for small to large-sized businesses. Cox Media offers national and local cable advertising in traditional spot and new media formats, along with promotional opportunities and production services. Cox Communications wholly owns and operates the Travel Channel. More information about the services of Cox Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is available at www.cox.com, www.coxbusiness.com, and www.coxmedia.com. About Cox’s Take Charge Initiative: Cox's Take Charge! program was launched in 2004 to educate parents and guardians about the importance of Internet safety and to help families get the most out of mass media in the home. It provides scores of resources to help parents and guardians manage what their children see, and don't see, on TV and the Internet -- from instructions on setting parental controls, to a guide to the lingo teens use online, to tips for more constructive conversations between parents and kids. Teaching young children and teens how to stay safer online is a major element of the Take Charge program, thanks in part to Cox's partnership with the NetSmartz® Workshop, NCMEC’s Internet safety resource available at www.NetSmartz.org. Cox has donated more than $30 million worth of advertising time to NetSmartz and NCMEC to encourage safer online behavior among children. More information on Take Charge! is available at www.Cox.com/TakeCharge. About the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Since it was established by Congress in 1984, the organization has operated the toll-free 24-hour national missing children’s hotline which has handled more than 2.2 million calls. It has assisted law enforcement in the recovery of more than 126,000 children. The organization’s CyberTipline has handled more than 594,000 reports of child sexual exploitation and its Child Victim Identification program has analyzed 14,437,865 child pornography images and videos. The organization works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. To learn more about NCMEC, call its toll-free, 24-hour hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit its web site at www.missingkids.com. # # # Media Contacts: David Grabert Director, Media Relations 404.269.7054 David.Grabert@Cox.com Amy Burton Weber Shandwick Worldwide 404.266.7557 (w) 404.909.9318 (c) ABurton@webershandwick.com NCMEC Communications 703.837.6111 media@ncmec.org
|