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Comment by jmull | Hacker News Reader

I think there's a significant chance this fake Notepad++ for Mac is/becomes a vector for malware.

The author is impossibly naive. The best interpretation is they are easy dupes for a supply-chain attack.

Hopefully the word gets around that no one should install this (whether or not the author of the fake version eventually finishes "evolving the branding" of the port).

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Too bad MacRumors didn't bother doing more than adding a note to where they recommended this fake copy: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/notepad-plus-plus-edito...

They didn't even bother removing the links!

MacRumors has now just posted another post about the controversy: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/notepad-plus-plus-trade...

MacRumors repeated Letov's "in coordination with" bs.

There's no coordination.

Isn't notepad++ also a vector for malware? It would seem to be more of a violation of the trademark to not distribute malware

You're arguing the malware risk from notepad++ created and run by Don Ho for over 22 years is comparable to that of new, fake notepad++, vibe coded and run by a guy whose main claim to fame is a marked ignorance of norms around software development?

You'll have to let us know how you reached that conclusion.

Seriously your argument is this? Not even 3 months have passed since this [1] happened?

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-released/

It's open source

https://github.com/nextpad-plus-plus/nextpad-plus-plus-macos

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