[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