Antivirus Tip: Proactively keep a list of your child’s passwords for the websites they use.

Antivirus Tip: For children, set rules for using the internet, such as ‘do not chat with strangers’, not posting photos or personal information.

Antivirus Tip: Any changes in behaviour from your child after using the internet can be an early indicator of a problem.Check their history and make more rules.

Antivirus Tip: Check your child’s internet browsing history to make sure they’re not visiting sites that can lead to infections.

Antivirus Tip: Keep your children’s computer in a common space that can make monitoring easy and you are within sight to provide guidance.

Antivirus Tip: If you receive an e-mail that looks full of technical jargon, delete it immediately as it might be a worm like the ‘Mydoom’ e-mail worm of 2004.

Antivirus Tip: Try to keep your filing system simple as multiple levels of files will prove to be a be disaster when you need a certain file for safety reasons.

Antivirus Tip: Any e-mails or messages that demand you ‘act now’ are very likely to be phishing attempts, and must be ignored and deleted.

Antivirus Tip: Keep copies of your important files in at least three different places so that they do not become infected or compromised.

Antivirus Tip: Strong passwords are longer than 8 characters, with different letters, numbers, symbols and capitals. The longer, the better.