The website, notepad [.]plus, was believed by some to be the legitimate Notepad++ website and was appearing in searches for Notepad++ directly below the real website.

The latest released version of Notepad++ is removing support for Bing search from the app after the "tank man" fiasco Microsoft had to deal with on Friday afternoon.

Notepad++ (free) starts with the basic text editing provided by the Windows Notepad program, and adds a slew of features to help programmers and scripters. Notepad++ may look like plain old ...