alt Hacker NewsIts not entirely clear from the article--is the EDID telling Windows to install the driver without asking you, or is it prompting you to install a driver, you are agreeing, then along with the driver comes the junkware?
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fuzzzerd • yesterday at 10:38 PM
While that is an important distinction, the fact you might need a downloaded driver for a screen is a bit ridiculous to begin with.
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Mindwipe • yesterday at 11:10 PM
The EDID is just a model identifier and some capability metadata, it can't tell Windows to do anything.
It's Windows that decides that it should download a driver from Windows Update because it recognises it hasn't got a driver from that hardware, and it's Microsoft that let the vendor submit drivers that are bundled with near malwareto Windows Update.
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Basically, Windows has been installing monitor drivers for a very long time automatically. Usually a single INF file. Recently, companies like LG have discovered and abused that by instead of just that single INF file, they are installing software that pushes malware like McAffee anti-virus onto your computer.
More of a Windows Update + MS partner issue than EDID.