LG Kills McAfee Pop-up After Windows Boss Steps In
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Even “dumb” devices can behave surprisingly.
LG kills McAfee pop-up after Windows boss steps in
LG has agreed to stop its Monitor App Installer pestering users with a McAfee pop-up after Microsoft's Windows boss intervened. Pavan Davuluri wrote on social media: "We've connected with the team at LG and as an immediate next step, they have agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up from their app. "We appreciate LG working with us toward a shared goal of a better experience for our mutual customers. We will keep improving here with our ecosystem pa…
The very Microsoft has ended up intervening directly in the controversy generated by the LG Monitor App Installer. As a brief summary, users with LG monitors are seeing how this application is automatically installed through Windows Update. Most worrying of all, LG has taken advantage of it to display a pop-up advertising window promoting a McAfee antivirus test. After receiving numerous complaints, the company responsible for Windows contacted …
If you connect an LG monitor to a Windows PC, you will be presented with advertising for anti-virus software. After massive criticism and an interference by Microsoft, LG is now engaging. However, the actual problem with Bloatware remains. (Continue reading)
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