Latest Notepad++ news

Notepad++ wants your help in "parasite website" shutdown

The Notepad++ project is seeking the public's help in taking down a copycat website that closely impersonates Notepad++ but is not affiliated with the project. There is some concern that it could pose security threats—for example, if it starts pushing malicious releases or spam someday either deliberately or as a result of a hijack.
- Ax Sharma
- April 08, 2024
- 05:51 AM
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Malicious Notepad++ Google ads evade detection for months

A new Google Search malvertizing campaign targets users looking to download the popular Notepad++ text editor, employing advanced techniques to evade detection and analysis.
- Bill Toulas
- October 17, 2023
- 03:48 PM
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Notepad++ 8.5.7 released with fixes for four security vulnerabilities

Notepad++ version 8.5.7 has been released with fixes for multiple buffer overflow zero-days, with one marked as potentially leading to code execution by tricking users into opening specially crafted files.
- Bill Toulas
- September 08, 2023
- 03:46 PM
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Malicious Notepad++ installers push StrongPity malware

The sophisticated hacking group known as StrongPity is circulating laced Notepad++ installers that infect targets with malware.
- Bill Toulas
- December 09, 2021
- 12:34 PM
- 0
Notepad++ drops Bing after "tank man" censorship fiasco

The latest released version of Notepad++ is removing support for Bing search from the app after the "tank man" fiasco Microsoft had to deal with on Friday afternoon.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 07, 2021
- 09:18 AM
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Popular Notepad++ text editor banned in China

China has banned the popular Notepad replacement software called Notepad++ due to the developer's protests against the political unrest in Hong Kong and China's human rights violations of the Uyghur people.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 17, 2020
- 02:41 PM
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Notepad++ Adds GPG Signature to Verify Authenticity

Notepad++ 7.6.5 has been released and is now being signed with a GPG signature so that users who download the program can verify its authenticity.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 01, 2019
- 02:19 PM
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Notepad++ No Longer Code Signed, Dev Won't Support Overpriced Cert Industry

The developer of the highly popular open source Notepad++ text and source code editor for Windows announced that the program will drop code signing support starting with the 7.6.4 release.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 07, 2019
- 02:22 PM
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