Even trusted apps can spread PC malware now
… Venerable apps like Notepad++ also ended up pushing malicious updates to existing installations. …
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Notepad++ is a text editor for Microsoft Windows that supports multiple programming languages and plugins.
… Venerable apps like Notepad++ also ended up pushing malicious updates to existing installations. …
… It brings updates to numerous pre-installed apps, namely Calculator, Camera, Clock, Media Player, Notepad, Paint, Photos, and Sound Recorder. …
… It's all a little much for Notepad. Fortunately, it's optional. In Notepad, you can click the Settings gear at the top-right corner of the window, scroll down, and turn off "Copilot" for a more traditional Notepad experience. …
… Users like myself have objected to Copilot itself, as well as Microsoft injecting Copilot into virtually all aspects of Windows -- even Notepad, and even with a subscription. …
… And yet it just keeps coming: into Notepad, for example, and even the screenshot-saving Snipping Tool. …
… The text editor Notepad++ does more than Microsoft Notepad. …
… Create your own AI podcast A more powerful notepad is Google’s smart service NotebookLM. …
… To create one, open Notepad or any other text editor and paste in the script text that's generated by the LLM. …
… "As part of this, we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets, and Notepad," says Microsoft's President of Windows & Devices. …
… Technically Copilot in Notepad is an annoyance, not a problem, but tomato, tomatoh. …