Maybe they're looking for a trusted curator or the "user" reviews give them a sense of reassurance. As an exercise, try to find the right download button on Imgburn's own website:

http://www.imgburn.com/

Even during installation, you still have to navigate the "Uncheck spyware" minefield.[1]

[1] http://www.jdhodges.com/blog/safe-version-imgburn-without-op...

I installed imgburn, I was careful to uncheck everything, yet I still ended up with OpenCandy. I -probably- fucked up, but I don't see why someone who is shady enough to bundle OpenCandy wouldn't also be shady enough to ignore what people choose during installation as they will usually only blame themselves.

Yep, I downloaded it 3 days ago and felt that confusion.

I've seen non-technically people enter "www.facebook.com" into the google search bar.

Anyone can do that, even people that know where they should type the URL! Do you always carefully check that the right box has the keyboard focus before you start typing?

It's not a "can do that" issue, it's that they always do it. I have multiple family members who Google (or Bing...) "Facebook.com login" every time they want to use Facebook...

This isn't once off. This is people who think that's how your supposed to use the internet.

But if you add 'download' or 'install' the first one is usually one of those mafia downloading pages.