{"id":2215,"date":"2026-08-03T03:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=2215"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:24:07","slug":"microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=2215","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

LG is reportedly pulling a McAfee pop-up ad from a controversial app that some of its monitors have stealthily installed on connected computers.<\/p>\n

\"An
\n An example of the pop-up ad is seen in a still from Gamers Nexus’ video.
\n Credit:
\n Gamers Nexus\/Windows\/YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

The app, LG Monitor App Installer, installs itself through a Windows Update alongside monitor driver updates. LG Monitor App Installer then pushes ads for a 30-day free trial for McAfee, as well as other software, via a pop-up on affected systems, multiple users have reported.<\/p>\n

This has drawn negative attention<\/a> recently, with complaints<\/a> surfacing on Reddit<\/a> and a subsequent video from YouTube channel Gamers Nexus<\/a>. In the video, editor-in-chief Steve Burke said that the publication paid $1,200 for an LG UltraGear 3GX900A-B gaming monitor (the monitor\u2019s price dropped to $600 two days later, Burke said) for testing and replicated the behavior \u201cseveral times\u201d across \u201cmultiple\u201d Windows 11 systems.<\/p>\n

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Source: Read the original article on arstechnica.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LG is reportedly pulling a McAfee pop-up ad from a controversial app that some of its monitors have stealthily installed on connected computers. An example of the pop-up ad is seen in a still from Gamers Nexus’ video. Credit: Gamers Nexus\/Windows\/YouTube The app, LG Monitor App Installer, installs itself through a Windows Update alongside monitor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,3],"tags":[25,29,33],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-share-suggestions","category-technology","tag-impact-msft","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}