Well, honestly, Drac, I'm not too bright.
I must have had four tabs open before it sank in that something was off somewhere.
I was right in the middle of writing a support ticket to GOG when the penny dropped.
Believe me, I was so glad I hadn't sent it!
I did, however, add a note to the Downloader sticky in the forums in case it happens to anyone else.
Edit: I doubt that Malwarebytes will do anything about it, first because this seems to be a program they've bought from someone else and second because they have a tab for Exclusions.
Me, I've very bad about knowing how to use tabs like that.
I'd rather just do without Exploit, especially since I've done alright without it so far.
And yes, darn it, 'alright' is one word.

Gil.
who consistently says "ain't", another perfectly good contraction AFAIC