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: Never respond to spam and turn off e-mail read receipts. This way you can prevent scammers from confirming if your e-mail address is correct.

Antivirus Tip: You would not accept strange gifts from strangers, adopt the same principle for e-mails and e-mail attachments.

Antivirus Tip: Sometimes criminals send e-mails that look like they are legitimately from large companies – always take the time to verify these e-mails.

Antivirus Tip: Analyse everything you read online, as a majority of the information online can easily be twisted maliciously, such as the ads you read.