Same shit as Logitech has done for several years, plug any logitech mouse into a Windows 7/10/11 machine and it will automatically install Logitech Download Assistant without any prompt.
Mine has never tried to install anything automatically.
What happens is that when you connect a Logitech mouse or keyboard to a Windows 7/10/11 machine for the first time, Windows Update doesn’t just download a driver (a .inf file) but also Logitech Download Assistant (a .dll file) and runs it.
You will then get a branded popup in the system tray prompting you to download the actual control software.
The LDA software is set to always run in the background, it also doesn’t show up in add/remove programs, and is rather annoying to get rid of.
Huh, I always thought windows just had some dumb mechanism that let random USB devices show a popup or something, but this is even more stupid.
I love that I bought 4 of these fucking TVs and I think my son’s monitor. Those fuckers better give me a refund.
Now I’m imagining my monitor trying to install shit on my PC through Windows Update, and it’s like “WTF is a Linux? Why my update no work?”