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 ...

The updater integrated into Notepad++ has allowed itself to be infiltrated by malware, which has been installed on some PCs. The developer of the powerful open-source text editor is responding with an ...

Hackers are abusing Notepad++, a popular text and source code editor, to deliver malware. The app’s updater, WinGUp, can be tricked by an attacker-in-the-middle to pull compromised executables from ...

Notepad++ is used by developers primarily for editing source code and by casual users to edit text. However, downloading and Installing the app on your system if you just upgraded to Windows 11 may be ...

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Notepad++ is a lightweight and open-source Windows editor built for both text and code. It supports syntax highlighting for dozens of programming languages, multi-tab editing, and customizable themes.

It is highly customizable, can ignore spaces, empty lines, letter cases, regexes, can find moves and show character diffs. Several compared file pairs can be active and displayed at the same time. ** ...

A newly identified vulnerability in version 8.8.1 of Notepad++ , the popular text and source code editor, has sparked concern among security professionals. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-49144, could ...