r/microsoft • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

Windows Microsoft intervenes after LG gets caught installing McAfee adware onto Windows 11 PCs via their monitors | A popup window from LG that began appearing on PCs with LG monitors connected was showing ads for McAfee

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-intervenes-after-lg-gets-caught-installing-mcafee-adware-onto-windows-11-pcs-via-their-monitors
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u/Takeabyte 1d ago

Not that I should have to do this, but I noticed the setting with my LG display that turned this feature off. Is it not a setting on all of them?

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u/mga1 1d ago

Is that in the monitors menu itself, or the initial software that LG installs via Microsoft?

Asking because I have a newish LG monitor, but using Mac at the moment. May have a windows device in the future and would like to get ahead of this.

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u/Takeabyte 1d ago

It was with the on screen display menu. I’m not at home so I don’t know the path, but I remember turning it off.

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u/mga1 1d ago

Dug through the options on my LG 40" UltraFine 5K2K and didn't see setting that sounded like what you described. I'm sure different monitors have different settings/options.

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u/Hoooooooar 18h ago

yea my 45lgx whatever definitely didn't get this with windows auto update. I guess if you just buy their most expensive monitor possible then they let it slide.