2026-07-25T11:27:31.610624Z

Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows/?comments-page=1#comments

An LG UltraGear monitor on a white monitor

Ars TechnicaMicrosoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on WindowsApp is installed through Windows Update when certain LG monitors connect to a PC.

2026-07-25T14:27:35.689762Z

bitteroldcoot@bitteroldcoot@piefed.social

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Replying to an earlier post

Microsoft responds to accusations that they are selling back door access to their OS, by issuing a vague and obtuse statement, that kind of maybe says that they asked the offenders to stop making the back door’s existence so glaringly obvious.

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