PRESS RELEASE


December 2007

Newly Enhanced McAfee Internet Security Software Offered Free To Comcast Residential High-Speed Internet Customers

Philadelphia, PA - As the busiest online shopping week of the year kicks off, Comcast has enhanced its McAfee® Internet Security Suite offering and given its residential high-speed Internet customers another reason to feel safer online.

This upgraded software, available on the Comcast.net Security home page (www.comcast.net/security), is free of charge to current Comcast High-Speed Internet customers and helps offer a safer online shopping experience this holiday season.

Comcast customers can now use one of the most highly-acclaimed Internet security solutions offered by any Internet Service Provider, which provides them with a comprehensive set of security tools in a single download. New features to the upgraded version include:

Identity Theft Protection – helps guard customers’ identities when online; McAfee Password Vault provides a safe place to store confidential passwords;

Windows Protection – detects and kills applications such as root kits that hide from Windows with McAfee X-Ray for Windows;

McAfee SystemGuards – monitors computers for specific behaviors that indicate the presence of viruses, spyware or hacker-like activities;

Backup & Restore Files – saves copies of customers’ most valuable files as encrypted and compressed files on a CD/DVD, USB, external or network drive;

Built-In PC Health and Performance Tools – helps ensure that the PC will run at peak performance with automated disc defragmenter and file clean-up for applications and browser history;

McAfee Image Analysis – helps keep offensive content and pictures away from children;

McAfee Network Manager – monitors PCs across a network for security weaknesses; allows security issues to be fixed easily from one, centralized network map; and,

Built-In McAfee Shredder – enables the ability to digitally “shred” confidential files.

“With more people expected to shop online during the upcoming holiday season and more online threats making consumers increasingly vulnerable, it’s critical that we provide our customers with a simple, convenient and safe way for them to help protect their identities, their families and their digital assets from online threats this holiday season,” said Mitch Bowling, senior vice president and general manager of Comcast’s High-Speed Internet Services group.

According to McAfee, more than 75 percent of Americans using the Internet lack core protections against viruses, malware and hackers, and this set of security tools provides them with what they need to protect their experience online.

“For most of us, the holiday season has become a prime online shopping season where we scramble to purchase our presents before holiday shipping deadlines,” said Todd Gebhart, senior vice president and general manager, McAfee Consumer, Mobile and Small Business. “Cyber criminals are well-organized groups that use their computers to steal identities, credit cards, or take over computers to serve criminal enterprises. Their motives may be old-fashioned, but their tactics and tools are very high-tech."

"Before going online, it’s important for consumers to make sure their PCs are secure, and we are delighted that Comcast is using McAfee to help meet this goal.”


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