You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.
Creating your own programs might seem daunting. It’s a lot easier than you think.
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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 ...
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.
Microsoft has patched the Windows Notepad remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-20841, warning users to install February 2026 updates to block exploits.
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