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This all fascinating, but in the end: I have notepad++; what should I do?
by egl2020 8mo ago
This all fascinating, but in the end: I have notepad++; what should I do?
- Marsymars 8mo agoYou’d be protected from this particular exploit if you used a package manager rather than the updater, though of course you’d still be vulnerable to the installer binary itself getting compromised.
- nickorlow 8mo agoWonder how many packages in community package repos are compromised. Surely "Hubbleexplorer" can be trusted to provide arch users with a honest, clean version of npp.
- snvzz 8mo agoKDE's own kate is a good alternative, and available for install via chocolatey.
- jimbob45 8mo agoGedit is an underrated alternative imo.
- bakugo 8mo agoI don't know why that comment is being interpreted as a request for alternatives. They are clearly asking if their machine is compromised.
- egl2020 8mo agoyes, that's my question: am I compromised? What should I do?
- davorak 8mo agoStandard answer to a potentially compromised machine is to start with a factory reset machine and add the software and data you need to do your work/use the machine. Do not take executables from the compromised machine and use them any where since they too could be compromised. There are more steps you can take to ensure greater safety. The above is the minimum a I do for myself and what the minimum IT department and my company executes.
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- hulitu 8mo ago> Standard answer to a potentially compromised machine is to start with a factory reset machine How do you "factory reset" a PC ?
- davorak 8mo agoMy minimum is start with a freshly formatted hard drive then reinstall the os, software(fresh not transffered), and data required for your use. > There are more steps you can take to ensure greater safety. There are firmware infections that can persist even after hard drive format. Though to my understanding os/user space to firmware infections are rare. As far as I know a 'factory reset' on phone and some laptops does not reinstall firmware and clear out firmware infections. So to my understanding the 'factory reset' found on phones is analogous to formatting your hard drive, reinstall the os, software, and data required for your use.
- opan 8mo agoI agree this is probably not the place to list alternatives, but listing them elsewhere (top level comment?) in this thread would probably be good.