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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.
After it became a scandal