One would hope a cautionary announcement would be read; however, it is true that people do not always read them, although we have found at the Malware Removal Forums that many do read them and heed the instructions and/or information therein.

Regardless, if/when a user follows bad or inappropriate advice, and following that advice turns their computer into a very large and expensive paperweight, a warning topic would at the very least allow you to point the irate person to the information they should have read prior to following said bad advice.

If a user makes an error in judgement, it is better for a site’s reputation that the error was made because the user failed to read a posted warning rather than the error in judgement to have been made because no warning was posted.