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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Notepad++ updater installed malware

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Notepad++ updater installed malware

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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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The updater for the open-source editor Notepad++ has installed malware on PCs. An update to Notepad++ v8.8.9 corrects this.

https://archive.is/uCWNB

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    I just updated through Ninite and it went to 8.8.9.

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

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    The updater for the open-source editor Notepad++ has installed malware on WINDOWS PCs. The Linux ecosystem doesn’t allow for this kind of network attack because of signing.

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