If Windows is your preferred operating system, consider these open-source apps. There are numerous open-source apps available for almost any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows.

One of the latest CLI tools works with the Windows App SDK, simplifying the process of creating, building, and publishing Windows applications without using Visual Studio and encompassing most ...

This little graphic viewer is free and can-do things that other sophisticated apps can't.

Microsoft is aware of the exploitation in the wild of six vulnerabilities, and it notes public disclosure for three of them.

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...

Threat actors are abusing Pastebin comments to distribute a new ClickFix-style attack that tricks cryptocurrency users into ...

A fake CAPTCHA scam is tricking Windows users into running PowerShell commands that install StealC malware and steal passwords, crypto wallets, and more.

You can infect your PC with malware without ever leaving Notepad, thanks to recent updates and additions. Hooray.

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Clicking the malicious links could launch "unverified protocols." ...