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I've noticed that simply plugging a Logitech USB dongle into a Windows machine with no other interaction is enough to trigger it to download and install Logitec
by xmodem 3y ago
I've noticed that simply plugging a Logitech USB dongle into a Windows machine with no other interaction is enough to trigger it to download and install Logitech's crapware.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoThis is so aggravating! Especially on my locked down corporate laptop. Logitech startup process was able to install itself without my approval, but requires admin privileges to uninstall. So, now it’s just there, forever. Hardware industry has an impeccable security record, so I’m sure it is fine.
- actionfromafar 3y agoYes, they would never install for instance a proxy which forwards all traffic to them. cough Lenovo
- hutzlibu 3y agoSorry for cynism, but in my opinion, the main problem is still, that most people understand allmost nothing about computers, except following procedure x to get it roughly do, what they want. And this is usually problematic enough, so they have 0 bandwith for all the shit that is going on underneath. They cannot understand, what is necessary behavior and what is abusive. That would be probably our job, to raise awareness. But it's exhausting and the result is bloat, crap and spyware as default. Understanding users would never consent to this. But the majority simply doesn't and I get pragmatic and find solutions, that work for me. Like WindowsDebloat and Linux. And avoiding touching normal peoples computers, unless with the permission to clean up a bit before using. Not much else one can do.
- codedokode 3y agoYou have given an approval to do anything with your laptop when you chose to install Windows.
- actionfromafar 3y agoTHAT is worse than I knew. Ouch, one really has to think what about what kind of stuff one plugs into even an otherwise rather hardened Windows installation.
- quantaunkindly 3y agoShort regedit hack to disable this "feature": HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Device Installer\DisableCoInstallers = 1
- jeroenhd 3y agoThat's Windows Update, not the Windows API that motherboard manufacturers use to inject themselves into the boot process.
- AshamedCaptain 3y agoWhat I'm saying in my post is that this is also exploited by motherboard manufacturers. They just create a fake ACPI device node which tells Windows Update to download the crapware. MSI, for example, does this.