Security News > 2022 > September > Windows 11 now warns when typing your password in Notepad, websites
Windows 11 22H2 was just released, and with it comes a new security feature called Enhanced Phishing Protection that warns users when they enter their Windows password in insecure applications or on websites.
When enabled, Microsoft will detect when you enter your Windows password and then issue a warning prompting you to remove the password from an insecure file or, if entered on a site, to change your Windows password.
BleepingComputer created a test account on our Windows 11 22H2 device and entered our password into Notepad to test this feature.
As you can see below, once we typed the password and pressed enter, Windows 11 displayed a warning stating, "It's unsafe to store your password in this app," and recommended we remove it from the file.
While Windows 11 warned us about our password in WordPad and Microsoft Word, it surprisingly did not warn us when typing it into Excel, OneNote, and Notepad2, which should be fixed.
Once we entered our password, Windows 11 displayed the following alert warning us to change our Windows password.