[makecheck]

If you install uBlock Origin at least, it will flag the entire site by default.

It is very easy to add new things to the list too (e.g. right-click an offensive pop-up and "block element").

I even told it to block my ISP's ridiculous typo-redirector.

[squeaky-clean]

The sort of person who installs uBlock Origin is also generally the kind of person that knows to avoid these websites. However, people like my mother don't know how to install uBlock, and don't know to avoid download.com (I mean, with a domain name like that, it has to be legit!).

This is what uBlock shows me when visiting a page on download.com [0]. It also changes the URL to "chrome-extension://cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm/...". If my mother saw this, I'd get a phone call right away that some virus was stopping her from downloading something. It looks scary, and the most visible information is the most obtuse, while the most useful information is grayed out on the page.

If the most prominent text was something like "We've blocked this page, because it matches our list of 'Badware risks'." I'd feel better about installing uBlock for a casual user. As it is now, I only install Adblock Plus because it hides malicious ads and fake download buttons without also presenting scary things to the user.

[0] http://i.imgur.com/DUdRCSc.png

[iopq]

You're right, that's why you should install uBlock Origin for your grandmother

[abiox]

and everyone else's grandmother, i suppose

[iopq]

One grandmother at a time, we can cure malware

[anexprogrammer]

Yep, but I would not dare suggest ublock origin to any of my non-techie friends or relatives as my unpaid support load would go up hugely. Adblock is far enough for them! I run it always, but one thing it is not, in any respect, is non-techie friendly.

I love that it tells me what triggered a block, and which filter it pulled it from, but Joe User would be baffled. Then clicking random buttons to make it go away (likely disable strict blocking, permanently), or phoning their ISP because the Net's broken...