The Notepad++ project is seeking the public's help in taking down a copycat website that closely impersonates Notepad++ but is not affiliated with the project. There is some concern that it could pose security threats—for example, if it starts pushing malicious releases or spam someday either deliberately or as a result of a hijack.

The Notepad++ project is seeking the public’s help in taking down a copycat website that closely impersonates Notepad++ but is not affiliated with the project. There is some concern that it could pose security threats—for example, if it starts pushing malicious releases or spam someday either deliberately or as a result of a hijack.

  • enoqe@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I actually work for the registry that is site is registered with. Identity Digital has an abuse policy in place, so if any evidence of malware distribution or anything that runs afoul of said policy pops up I can escalate the handling of this site internally. I’ll check back on this and similar articles and forums to see if any update happens, but PMing me here on Lemmy also works too. However, until they do something that goes against one of our policies, my hands are tied unfortunately.

    Edit: I can refer this to legal and see where the trademark dispute falls.

    Edit 2, 2024.05.22: I’ve sent two emails to the developer’s email address, no response received.