{"id":97084,"date":"2026-07-24T06:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/97084\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T06:27:06","slug":"lg-agrees-to-kill-mcafee-pop-up-on-windows-pcs-after-microsoft-steps-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/97084\/","title":{"rendered":"LG agrees to kill McAfee pop-up on Windows PCs after Microsoft steps in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plug in an LG monitor, and Windows<\/a> might quietly install more than a driver. That\u2019s what several owners found out this month, when a pop-up promoting a McAfee antivirus<\/a> trial appeared on their screens without a single consent prompt in sight. Microsoft<\/a> has now stepped in, and LG says it\u2019s turning off the ad.<\/p>\n

Where the pop-up came from<\/p>\n

Windows lets hardware makers auto-install companion software the moment you plug in a device. This does not require user consent. LG uses the same pipeline to install its Monitor App Installer when an LG monitor is plugged into the system. LG\u2019s changelog for a recent Monitor App Installer update shows McAfee listed as an \u201cAdditional App,\u201d which is how the antivirus ad started showing up for users this month.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Tim. The team is looking into it.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pavan Davuluri (@pavandavuluri) July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Following user backlash, Microsoft caught wind of the situation when Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney tagged Windows chief Pavan Davuluri in an X post highlighting the issue (via Windows Latest<\/a>). Davuluri confirmed the resolution three days later, saying LG had agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up as an immediate fix.<\/p>\n

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention. We\u2019ve connected with the team at LG and as an immediate next step, they have agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up from their app. We appreciate LG working with us toward a shared goal of a better experience for our mutual customers.\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pavan Davuluri (@pavandavuluri) July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The bigger issue Microsoft hasn\u2019t fixed<\/p>\n

In a statement to Windows Latest, LG defended itself, saying McAfee never installs without a user\u2019s explicit consent and pointed to Microsoft\u2019s own Windows distribution process as the source of the problem. That explanation doesn\u2019t match what several owners reported seeing, since multiple users described the pop-up appearing on its own, with no install prompt to consent to it in the first place.<\/p>\n

While this particular issue has been resolved, the auto-install pipeline behind the McAfee pop-up remains active for every other manufacturer. Microsoft moved fast once the complaint reached the right person, but that\u2019s an issue in itself. A fix that only arrives after a viral post and a CEO\u2019s tag isn\u2019t a fix, it\u2019s damage control. The next unwanted install from another OEM won\u2019t get the same treatment unless it blows up the same way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plug in an LG monitor, and Windows might quietly install more than a driver. That\u2019s what several owners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[15448,315,314,3880,9552],"class_list":["post-97084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lg","tag-computing","tag-lg","tag-lg-group","tag-microsoft","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}