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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's crazy that LG installed adware by bundling it up with Windows drivers and delivering it through Windows Update.

If companies can send adware through Windows Update packaged simply as 'drivers' and Microsoft doesn't even raise an eyebrow even once this is known, reported and questioned by media, then my already low opinion of their quality control drops precipitously.

[–] HootMcGoot@feddit.online 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Microsoft has since forced LG to remove the McAfee ads.

[–] GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago

Windows update has always been first and foremost a malware delivery tool

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 18 hours ago

After it became a scandal

we're not sorrybthat er did this, or allowed it to happen, we're sorry we're caught