India, July 30 -- Opening thoughts. Microsoft had to step in, and that itself was induction enough that LG has gone too far with the whole adware saga on Windows PCs. Sometime back, users started reporting that LG was generating pop-up ads on Windows PCs to download other apps such as McAfee. "Thanks again for bringing this to our attention. We've 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. We will keep improving here with our ecosystem partners," wrote Pavan Davuluri in a post on X.

Basically, if someone who had recently purchased an LG monitor connected it ...