While Notepad++ is one of the best editors for Windows coders, its
developer is infamous for his (very) questionable "Easter Eggs" hidden
in the software from time to time and for the insecurity of his
distribution channels.
From time to time I have to use Windows and I remember that one
morning I executed that editor to take some notes and I got scared
when suddenly it started typing by itself a message. Standard routine:
disconnect the RJ, immediately reboot in recovery, run AV scans, ...
but, soon after, I discovered it was a weird joke from the developer.
I've read that after that he kept hiding political and sexual "jokes"
into the code and, given one day he pretended to be hacked and after
that he was really hacked by Islamic terrorist groups and he's also
involved in political stuff, I decided to steer away because I thought
"today its a jumpscare, tomorrow will be ransomware".
A few months ago, China blocked Notepad++ after he inserted a
political message directly in the release name - message which I
personally support and find right - but that created a severe
disservice to end users. Very unprofessional.
Il 02/08/21 22:27, David Hedlund ha scritto:
Notepad++ is notable: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B