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Antivirus Tip: When you allow teenagers or young children to use a device, set a timer or monitor their usage. This way you can teach them good safety habits.
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Antivirus Tip: Always customise your anti-virus program’s scanning and removal parameters, otherwise it might remove other protection programs.
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Antivirus Tip: Adjust your internet browser’s security settings to prevent certain resources from loading such as allowing videos, which can carry viruses.
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Antivirus Tip: Search common signs of malware infection so you are aware and know how to avoid risky actions.
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Antivirus Tip: If your computer runs slowly, you get unexpected messages, or you find programs you did not download, your PC is infected and must be scanned.
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Antivirus Tip: Strong passwords are longer than 8 characters, with different letters, numbers, symbols and capitals. The longer, the better.
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Antivirus Tip: Pay attention to warnings – slowing down and reading what is in front of you can save you from accidentally clicking on something you should not.
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Antivirus Tip: With online shopping, always check the website address. A secure site will have a padlock icon and start with ‘https:’.
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Antivirus Tip: Ad-blockers prevent pop-ups which can lead to dangerous viruses if you accidentally click on the ads.
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Antivirus Tip: Make every attempt to not be indifferent about security warnings, and simply clicking them off without looking at them properly.