Windows installed that malware. The monitor has no way of installing anything on its own.
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HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 1 week agoCheck this video from Gamer's Nexus. They don't even need an ethernet cable, they can just install ads/malware directly through Windows Update.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Quexotic@beehaw.org 6 days ago
To be fair, that really took two parties, didn’t it? LG had to put the software in the update, and Microsoft had to wave it on through.
Nomad@infosec.pub 1 week ago
Nobody forces you to install the LG app. Nobody forces you to use windows either…
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 6 days ago
Windows update can install whatever the fuck it likes for all I care, I’m never using Windows again.