Badware risks

The sites below are included in the "uBlock filters – Badware risks". The sites are documented to be badware risks. To quote Wikipedia:

Spyware or other malware is sometimes found embedded in programs supplied officially by companies, e.g., downloadable from websites, that appear useful or attractive, but may have, for example, additional hidden tracking functionality that gathers marketing statistics.

Note the word "risks": not necessarily all downloads on a site may be affected by badware. The block page is there to remind the user to be cautious, and the user is free to dismiss temporarily or permanently the blocked page for the site ahead.

uBlock is not an antivirus, the sole purpose is to remind a user of what is ahead, and the feature is more useful to non-technical users, who are more likely to be the target of badware.

Below are sites currently part of the list, and links giving further information as to why. Feel free to add good sources if you find more.

download.com

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

filehippo.com

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

freewarefiles.com

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

majorgeeks.com

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

nonags.com

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

snapfiles.com

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

softonic.net

• 2015-05-17: AntiAdware Gets Rid of Bundled Crapware on Popular Download Sites (Softonic cited as a source of crapware)
• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)
• 2013-05-23: Another Problematic Softonic Installer Brings Adware
• 2013-04-19: Softonic Delivers Adware
• 2013-04-17: Softonic Download Site Briefly Delivers Trojan Adware Installer

Softpedia

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)

sourceforge.net

• 2015-06-18: A hotbed of malware: Another blow for SourceForge as Google discovers 588 pages with malicious software
• 2015-06-02: What happened to Sourceforge?
• 2015-05-28: Anatomy of SourceForge/GIMP controversy
• 2015-05-17: AntiAdware Gets Rid of Bundled Crapware on Popular Download Sites (SourceForge cited as a source of crapware)
• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)
• 2014-11-25: SourceForge malware

tucows.com

• 2015-01-21: Yes, Every Freeware Download Site is Serving Crapware (Here’s the Proof)