LG responds to gaming monitor adware criticisms

LG has responded to the controversy surrounding the LG Monitor App Installer, which saw some users receive pop-up adware ...

Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows

The app, LG Monitor App Installer, installs itself through a Windows Update alongside monitor driver updates. LG Monitor App Installer then pushes ads for a 30-day free trial for McAfee, as well as ...

LG Monitors Fill PCs With Adware, and It’s Not Just Recent Displays

For the last several weeks, multiple Reddit users have reported that their LG monitors had surreptitiously added an app to their PC through an automatic patch via Windows Update.
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LG monitors feature unwelcome McAfee pop-up ads on Windows

LG monitors are now linking with Windows Update and the Microsoft Store to deliver an application that displays pop-up advertisements for McAfee software.
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Windows 11 has a dirty little secret, and LG just used it to push pop-up ads

You thought plugging in a new monitor was safe. Thanks to a dangerous Microsoft loophole, at least one hardware maker is ...