@Ben-H Unfortunately, there is a further detection in the behaviour section: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/7094a07167648628e47249a16d9d6db922e5aa1255ac4322a2e4900d233372dd/behavior
The sandbox Yomi Hunter flags this file as: MALWARE
In this case I have had a bad experience with this company, they classify almost everything as malware and never respond. VirusTotal should really require companies participating in VirusTotal to respond to requests for False positives.

Microsoft’s Windows Defender was not allowing the npp.8.8.2.portable.7z file on my machine claiming:
Detected: Trojan:Win32/Suschil!rfn

One puzzle is is that if I expand npp.8.8.2.portable.7z into a folder that a full scan of that folder reports “0 threat(s) found.”

Windows Defender was using 1.431.348.0 created/updated on 07/02/2025 6:13 AM. I checked for updates and got 1.431.355.0 created/updated on 07/02/2025 11:10 AM. I re-ran the scanner and it reports no threats found.

I assume this is not related to the code signing issue as I assume Windows Defender would still detect viruses in and and quarantine signed files.

I’m guessing it was a false positive from Windows Defender’s 1.431.348.0 package that Microsoft has since fixed.

Just to mention, for people using Intune to deploy notepad++. if you activate the “managed installers” option, any apps not signed wil lbe signed with a valid certificate and therefore users don’t have popup for the “unknown publisher”. I think you can do the same with SCCM. Will not help regular users, but jsut in case.

Ref to Npp website spelling error

@donho said in Notepad++ v8.8 Release:

@Neymar44
The bug has been fixed in v8.8.1. Here is v8.8.1 RC:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/26833/notepad-v8-8-1-release-candidate

The glitch indeed disappeared in the last 8.8.1 RC, thank you !

Another regression has been found here:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/26815/notepad-v8-8-release/4?_=1746291034345

The regression has been fixed in the new binaries:
http://download.notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/8.x/8.8.1.RC2/

@schnurlos

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v88-we-are-with-ukraine/ gives an Error 404 (link within “F1” Info).

It’s because v8.8 is still in RC state.
It will be on line in few hours.

2 off-topic posts are moved to:
https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/26793/all-the-off-topic-go-here

@mkupper
Thanks, those 2 links provide reasonable “guess-timates” re: what to expect in the next release.
Murray

@donho ,
That fixed that issue, thanks.

The unrelated post has been moved to 22917 of Boycott Notepad++.

Possible v8.7.8 regression: GitHub issue #16250 .

@xomx ,
Understood. I wouldn’t want to rush stability, but I agree with your assessment that it’s a straight forward fix that I don’t think would affect anything else but what’s intended, but I can wait if need be. Thanks again for the help with unraveling this while I was trying to find out the actual issue at the heart of the problem.

@Mark-Olson
Fixed. Thank you!