College understudies are overwhelming clients of the Internet contrasted with the overall public, and they assume a pivotal part in securing the Internet, and assurance of PCs is left to the activity of the clients. The main aim of the study is to investigate self-efficacy in the safe use of the internet for students. The volunteer participants used in this study consisted of a total of 99. The questionnaire is made up of 4 dimensions which had 35 items in total. A questionnaire was used to collect data and was analysed and interpreted using SPSS. Frequency and percentage, Independent sample t-test, ANOVA, methods were used during the analysis process. According to the results of the study, students have good awareness of computer security on a general note, but specifically in terms of social networking sites, web security and malicious software, the majority of the students have little awareness of them. As a result, the study could help universities, government and even parents of students, in Cyprus and in other countries, to be able to access the Internet safely.

Keywords: Computer security; internet security; malicious software; social network sites; student perceptions