After looking into it further to verify, you just needed to run notepad pp during this time period to have been exposed
The C2 server is offline so it is likely it is currently being exploited but still check your system
Nope, they can/did push auto updates from the server, if you had notepad++ at any point run the hash check
The newest update, 8.9 fixed the auto update, but you system could still be infected
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/03/notepad-supply-chain-attack-iocs-targets/
If you have notepad pp it'd be a good idea to run a hash check against all of your drives to see if you get any hits, major exploit
joined in 2016 and played very sparsely until I got involved in the PD, Cole rogerson in my first week introduced me to Rayz, Shokron and the olsen guys, stuck around ever since
Alt tabbed yesterday for literally 5 minutes to look at some IA stuff while I waited for a pd slot, came back and was already gone
Maybe it doesn't need to be longer but at least play a sound or something