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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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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