This may be a bit of an exaggeration, but there are some implications to IT. May running malware removal tools (or antivirus software in general) be theft? Was

This may be a bit of an exaggeration, but there are some implications to IT. May running malware removal tools (or antivirus software in general) be theft? Was the malware planted by a government agency? By your government? Under a warrant? Better don't touch at all? (The entire matter is highly absurd.)