1. A computer-implemented method comprising: installing, using a computer processor, at least one benign malware indicator on one or more computing devices, wherein the at least one benign malware indicator is an installed malware program; configuring, using the computer processor, an antivirus program used to protect the one or more computing devices to prevent one or more undesired effects attributable to the installed malware program; monitoring, using the computer processor, the one or more computing devices for the at least one benign malware indicator, and responsive to determining that the at least one benign malware indicator is no longer detected as present on at least one of the one or more computing devices, sending, using the computer processor, a notification indicating that the at least one benign malware indicator is no longer detected as present on the at least one of the one or more computing devices.