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The powerful and popular open-source text editor Notepad++ made headlines in early December, as attackers in Southeast Asia were specifically injecting malware to victims, partly due to the use of ...

Notepad++, one of the most widely used text editors on Windows, has rolled out version 8.8.9 to patch a serious security flaw that allowed attackers to hijack its update process and push malicious ...

Recent Notepad++ releases address a vulnerability that has allowed threat actors to hijack the free source code editor’s updater. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont reported in early December that a ...

PSA: Notepad++ users who haven't yet updated to version 8.8.9 or later should manually download the latest installer as soon as possible. Following reports of malicious activity, a December 2025 ...

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...

This is not a drill! The makers of the popular text editor Notepad++ are warning that the Notepad++ updater, which goes by the name WinGUp, links to malware servers. This is a case of traffic ...

StayAwake is a simple, lightweight plugin for Notepad++ that enables you to maintain an Active status on Microsoft Teams (and perhaps other messaging applications such as Slack and Zoom). StayAwake ...

The modern Run prompt looks like more of a launcher in the latest preview builds of Windows 11. The modern Run prompt looks like more of a launcher in the latest preview builds of Windows 11. is a ...