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Why the LG Monitor App installed without my notice?
This is the app from LG and safe to use.
Certain drivers come with separate applications for managing device settings. If the application is a Win32 version, it is typically installed alongside the driver. However, if it is a packaged app, such as those for LG monitors, Intel Graphics, or some HP printers, it is more likely to be downloaded from the App Store.
This is the app from LG and safe to use.
Certain drivers come with separate applications for managing device settings. If the application is a Win32 version, it is typically installed alongside the driver. However, if it is a packaged app, such as those for LG monitors, Intel Graphics, or some HP printers, it is more likely to be downloaded from the App Store.
I'm going to start by asking how we block these. Having to disable half of the updates system or the store outright is not great, to say the least. No simple option to deny application installs [not updates] from Windows Update is terrifying.
I'm going to preface this next bit in that i'm mostly shouting it into the wind so MS might just hear with everyone else shouting too, this in no way is really towards yourself.
The fact this and other apps are automatically installed without permission is horrid. I have now learned that my monitor of 4 years is now adware by proxy, specifically in Windows. We have seen that our explicit settings to disable / opt out of this malicious behaviour is either not present or just not working that i am questioning what is next. Making this worse is that these hopeful fixes are buried in Local Group Policies. 99% of people have never heard of it in their life and likely never will.
This is not the same as Intel Graphics or HP Printers installing applications. The way the Hardware works is understood enough by anyone you speak to, regardless of technical knowledge, that there will be software installed for them to work. In every single installation I have performed of Printers, it is part of setup to install the software yourself. I am not aware of any that automatically do this.
Drivers Are their own thing as far as I am concerned, Many do not understand exactly what they are. I do not know of any that facilitate ads.You're pretending that supply chain attacks do not exist. The end user should decide what applications are installed on their computer. Windows Update updating a montior driver does not require the installation of an app that serves no other purpose than to serve ads for the express benefit of LG. This should never have been marked as the solution and never should have been proposed as a solution by any with a passing understanding of modern security practices.
That is unacceptable, why are we acting like this is not a big problem?
It does not matter if it’s safe or not. This software is not necessary for the proper function of the basic display and PNP function of the display in windows. The software should be OPTIONAL AND INSTALLABLE BY THE USER NOT FORCED INSTALLED BY WINDOWS UPDATE. This software is considered a PUP. (potentially unwanted program) Im a PC technician and repair expert. If I have to plug in LG monitors into my client’s computers and get force installed PUPS (with drivers and junk that if a annoying to uninstall) every time I try to fix a client’s PCs I would lose my mind. I paid hundreds of dollars for my LG screens just so that this happens fix your **bleep** Microsoft! Windows never did this before some just until some recent feature/security update happened.
Got a pop up from this app today advertising some McAfee scam detector. From my perspective this is not "safe" and is essentially adware that was installed on my computer without my knowledge.
