McAfee Pop-Up That LG Removed Traveled Through Microsoft's Own Windows Distribution Pipeline

Microsoft's Windows chief Pavan Davuluri said on July 23 that LG agreed to immediately disable a McAfee promotional pop-up from its LG Monitor App Installer. LG's statement confirmed that installer was distributed through Microsoft's official Windows distribution process, not a sideloaded app — meaning the bloatware prompt propagated through a channel Microsoft nominally controls.