Investigating and comparing the predictors of the intention towards taking security measures against malware, scams and cybercrime in general

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Highlights：

• Subjective norm (SN) strongly predicts the intention to take security measures.

• Malware's PMT model is significantly different from Scam's PMT-model.

• SN and the PMT model explain 28% of the intention to take security measures.

• SE only predicts intention toward security measures for experienced internet users.

摘要

•Subjective norm (SN) strongly predicts the intention to take security measures.•Malware's PMT model is significantly different from Scam's PMT-model.•SN and the PMT model explain 28% of the intention to take security measures.•SE only predicts intention toward security measures for experienced internet users.

论文关键词：Cybercrime,Protection motivation theory,Malware,Scam,Subjective norm,Awareness

论文评审过程：Received 22 May 2018, Revised 31 October 2018, Accepted 2 November 2018, Available online 14 November 2018, Version of Record 14 November 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.11.002