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If you pay for malware protection, who's at fault if you get infected?
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<blockquote data-quote="Arequire" data-source="post: 929112" data-attributes="member: 59283"><p>Depends on the circumstance.</p><p>If a user is engaging in behaviour that evidently puts them at greater risk of infection then they are responsible if their system becomes infected as a result.</p><p>If, however, they are practicing good habits and get infected through a vector they had no control over, or were tricked into the initiating the infection, then I'd say the user bears little to no responsibility.</p><p></p><p>In neither case is the antivirus vendor responsible for failing to protect the system, just as seatbelt (airbag may be a better analogy) manufacturers aren't responsible for failing to prevent injury in the event of a car crash.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arequire, post: 929112, member: 59283"] Depends on the circumstance. If a user is engaging in behaviour that evidently puts them at greater risk of infection then they are responsible if their system becomes infected as a result. If, however, they are practicing good habits and get infected through a vector they had no control over, or were tricked into the initiating the infection, then I'd say the user bears little to no responsibility. In neither case is the antivirus vendor responsible for failing to protect the system, just as seatbelt (airbag may be a better analogy) manufacturers aren't responsible for failing to prevent injury in the event of a car crash. [/QUOTE]
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