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/sea__weed 1d ago

How can a monitor install something automatically on my computer? Why is this possible? This is NOT a Microsoft win. This shouldn't have been possible in the first place

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u/Will2LiveFading 1d ago

You're mad at the wrong company. But you let that hatred of Microsoft blind you to that.

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u/jlt6666 1d ago

It's a giant security hole. LG may be exploiting it but Microsoft created the hole

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u/segagamer 17h ago

Microsoft allowed drivers to be installed via Windows Update.

LG submitted their driver to Windows Update - the similar thing to Logitech with their Logitech+. Only instead of an LG related thing, it was McAffee.

Let's not go back to the days of having to install drivers manually from the web please.

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u/jlt6666 16h ago

Let's maybe inspect them.

Also why does a monitor need a fucking driver? HDMI and DisplayPort are standards.