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Will Microsoft ever stop messing with Notepad? Windows 11 app could soon get another feature ...

TechRadar 20 Feb 2026
Is Notepad getting too bloated these days? If you're of that opinion, you won't like what Microsoft has planned next ... .
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Windows Notepad gets image support, becoming even more like WordPad

PC World 20 Feb 2026
Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad last year, the company has been shoving all kinds of new features into its once-minimal Notepad app, hoping to turn it into some kind of AI-laden WordPad successor.
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The humble Windows NotePad might finally get image support

Digital Trends 20 Feb 2026
Microsoft is preparing to bring another change to the humble Notepad app ... Notepad was once just a simple tool for typing plain text, but that simplicity has steadily evolved over multiple updates ... How Notepad has been quietly changing.
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Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable'

The Register 18 Feb 2026
Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans. Notepad++ has continued beefing up security with a release the project's author claims makes the "update process robust and effectively unexploitable." ... .
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Microsoft Added AI to Notepad and It Created a Security Failure Because the AI Was ...

Futurism 14 Feb 2026
Even the company’s Notepad app, which once allowed users to jot down notes in plain text, has turned into a bloated, AI-enhanced security liability ... The latest Notepad bug is symptomatic of a much larger struggle for the tech giant.
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Windows 11 Notepad Flaw Let Files Execute Silently via Markdown Links

Slashdot 13 Feb 2026
Microsoft has patched a high-severity vulnerability in Windows 11's Notepad that allowed attackers to silently execute local or remote ... Notepad updates automatically through the Microsoft Store.
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Nation-State Actors Exploit Notepad Supply Chain (Palo Alto Networks Inc)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
) Executive Summary Between June and December 2025, the official hosting infrastructure for the text editor Notepad++ was compromised by ...
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Microsoft fixes ‘Big’ Notepad security flaw in Windows 11 that allowed hackers to ...

The Times of India 12 Feb 2026
Microsoft has fixed a major security issue in Windows 11’s Notepad tool ... Microsoft recently updated Notepad in Windows 11 to add new features, including support for Markdown, a way to format text and add clickable links using simple symbols.
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Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution

The Register 11 Feb 2026
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 abused to achieve remote code execution (RCE) ...
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Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links

The Verge 11 Feb 2026
Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad ... Notepad," as reported earlier by The Register.
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Windows Notepad is now complex enough to have a serious security flaw

PC World 11 Feb 2026
At the risk of going into old-man-yells-at-cloud mode, I remember when Notepad was the most basic text editor around ... The latest problem comes from Notepad’s support of Markdown, a basic formatting system, which was added in July of 2025.
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كاسبرسكي تكشف عن سلاسل هجوم خفية في سلسلة توريد برنامج Notepad++ " /> عاجل شاهد ...

El Fagr 07 Feb 2026
كشف فريق البحث والتحليل العالمي (GReAT) لدى كاسبرسكي عن ثغرة ...
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