Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
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From what I read yesterday LG monitors can install nefarious drivers on Windows machines using the HDMI connection. Maybe that's new, and maybe it's only monitors.
when you connect a device to Windows, it tries to find drivers for it, regardless of what it is. LG puts out garbage software that can be picked up by Windows looking for drivers that then gets installed.
Windows looking for software when a new monitor is plugged in isn't necessarily bad, cuz maybe there's an ICC color profile or something specific to whatever monitor you plug in that gets delivered this way, but LG just uses that install pathway to put crap on your computer.
In a sane world that would be "exceeding authorized access" under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and LG execs would go to prison for it.
That’s a Windows “feature”. Essentially Microsoft lets you (as the hardware manufacturer) automatically install whatever you want when a matching device is plugged in.
happy Linux noises
Only on windows, as they abuse the windows update mechanism. (So you are safe on Linux at least)
One Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows/
Edit: grammer