Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Notepad++ updater installed malware

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Notepad++ updater installed malware

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

The updater for the open-source editor Notepad++ has installed malware on PCs. An update to Notepad++ v8.8.9 corrects this.

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I have it installed in Wine, I haven’t updated it in months though.

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