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Antivirus Tip: When researching or studying late at night in a public space, be aware of your surroundings – criminals might try to interfere with your device.
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Antivirus Tip: Always enable your device’s ‘lock screen’ function. This prevents the wrong hands from interfering with it.
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Antivirus Tip: Get comfortable with adjusting privacy settings. This way you can proactively avoid personal information leaking or prying eyes finding you.
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Antivirus Tip: If you must post information online, make it as vague as possible and check that your account has double opt-in security.
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Antivirus Tip: An additional worry about allowing children access to devices is the presence of online predators. Be sure to supervise and remain vigilant.
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Antivirus Tip: You can use a virtual private network to prevent intruders from seeing your browsing history and hackers accessing your device.
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Antivirus Tip: To keep your network uncompromised, do not tell anyone or post about your SSID, which is the name of your Wi-Fi network.
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Antivirus Tip: Use a password manager program to not only manage all your passwords, but encrypt them, too. Writing down passwords on a notepad is smart.
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Antivirus Tip: Not all security functions are automatically enabled or the default. Check system settings to ensure that all possible security is on.
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Antivirus Tip: Install an antimalware app – it scans your PC for viruses, spyware and other malware trying to access your mail and files.