How-To Geek on MSN

I’m done with Windows Notepad: Why I went back to this 20-year-old open-source tool

I don’t need tabs, sessions, or extra clutter in a tool I open for two seconds. Notepad++ stays fast, simple, and doesn't ...
Futurism on MSN

Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It Created a Security Failure Because the AI Was Stupidly Easy for Hackers to Trick

"Microsoft is turning Notepad into a slow, feature-heavy mess we don't need." The post Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It ...
The Register on MSN

Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution

Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor Just months after Microsoft added Markdown support to Notepad, researchers have found the feature can be ...

Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism

Notepad++ has adopted a "double-lock" design for its update mechanism to address recently exploited security gaps that ...
PCMag on MSN

Bloat Risk? Microsoft's Notepad Upgrade Also Introduced a Vulnerability

The flaw exploits Notepad’s recently added support for Markdown, a formatting language used on websites and in files, to run malicious code on a Windows PC.