I noticed this issue on a Mac running Docker Desktop. I've been running Docker on this Mac for a while with no problems, and this cropped up apropos of nothing, after a reboot:

"com.docker.socket" was not opened because it contains malware

Anyone have an idea why, and what can be done to work around it? Simply dragging the app icon to the trash and re-installing didn't seem to help.

Note: I re-created this question because it was asked then deleted by its author, as I was in the act of answering it. I pretty much expected it would be closed for reasons discussed below, so it's since been re-asked and answered on apple.stackexchange.com.