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Requiring "user's informed consent" would make 99% of software malware for 99% of users. The majority of what software does is magic with hidden layers and data polling in the background from various sources, but that doesn't make it malware just because the user doesn't understand.

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> would make 99% of software malware for 99% of users

Well...

Joke aside, its not like I came up with this definition.

You omitted a piece of the definition:

> Malware is software that is installed on a computer without the user's consent and that performs malicious actions.

https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/antivirus/malware.html#:~:text=....

I did not. "Malicious action" is the result of violating informed consent, and as such redundant. I'm not surprised that McAfee left out "informed", btw.

99% of software IS malware for 99% of users

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