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Connecting an LG Monitor to a Windows PC Trigger the Silent, Unprompted Installation of Adware
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this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2026
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Wait, since when does Windows install apps and not just device drivers?!
Apps being bundled with drivers is not that new. I swore off Razer hardware years ago because their fucking keyboard decided to install a bloated app alongside it - during OS installation as well! A blocking installer, fucked up my unattended install.
Okay that's a funny one tho, microsoft makes a bad features and can't even code it properly lmaoo
Pretty sure windows has supported installing drivers that include program installs since windows 7. Razor mice also do the same thing where it auto installs the control software.
Exactly the problem!