Question

Do we have an ethical responsibility to maintain up-to-date antivirus protection and other security software on our personal computers to prevent our computer from being infected with remotely-controlled software that harms others? Should a law require that everyone install such software? Consider analogies from several other technologies or areas

Answer 1

Yes, we know that our personal computers are always prone to vulnerabilities. Our data will be breached, or we'll face a huge loss if a correct up-to-date antivirus isn't installed. Computers still get compromised even when the software is present. Hence it should be our ethical responsibility to maintain and check upon the protection of our systems. Anti-virus acts as a vest, it can cover and protect the areas which are familiar( most of the time only these get infected), but when it goes beyond that then the hacker wins. But it's our responsibility to take proper measures to prevent even a small loss. Hackers are on the rise, anything can be hacked. We usually visit websites in the browser we get many clickbaits, pop-ups which can be harmful and using anti-virus protects us from such vulnerabilities.

If a law is imposed, people will take this into serious consideration and try to avoid such harmful effects. As it's for the safety of us.

Many technologies are growing, different types of anti-virus are present. Some are free, some are paid. It's important to have it in the system.

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