Antivirus Tip: Install specialist anti-autorun software, as many viruses attach themselves to drives and copy to whatever is connected to the system or network.

Antivirus Tip: Disable image and file previews in your e-mails as some attachments allow trojans to activate and infect your system or device.

Antivirus Tip: Save a file of your system’s default settings, so that should you need to restart after clearing a trojan, you have your settings available.

Antivirus Tip: A trojan virus is misleading, as it appears as a helpful program, but actually installs several harmful programs and slows down your system.

Antivirus Tip: Installing real-time anti-spyware can protect against malware from installing itself and logging your keystrokes without you realising it.

Antivirus Tip: If you are a PC or Mac user, it is smart to make sure you get the correct anti-virus software based on your device.

Antivirus Tip: The fastest antivirus programs tend to offer the least protection. The same can be said of programs that run slowly, but offering little safety.

Antivirus Tip: An important criteria to consider when choosing virus protection is reliability – if it keeps detecting a legitimate process as a virus, pass.

Antivirus Tip: Expensive antivirus software often has additions you may not need, like spam filtering and securing internet browsers during transactions.

Antivirus Tip: New viruses are developed as often as the internet changes, so it makes sense to update your software as frequently.