This also happens with websites that distribute application downloads. If one system flags your application download as malware and puts it on a list, those lis

This also happens with websites that distribute application downloads. If one system flags your application download as malware and puts it on a list, those lists are shared to, and aggregated by, organizations that exist up and down the software and network stack. At no point does anyone actually verify if what is on those lists is actually malware.