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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Apple will no longer fix Quicktime security bugs (only solution is to uninstall)
Date: 15 Apr 2016 16:00:21 GMT
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On 2016-04-15, Marob Katon <marobkaton@examples.com> wrote:
> Max Muller wrote in message neqsp8$fvj$1@news.mixmin.net:
>
>> U.S. agency advises Windows PC users remove Apple's QuickTime over bugs
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-quicktime-warning-idUSKCN0XB2U0
>> 
>> Apple won't fix the security bugs.
>> Apple to deprecate QuickTime for Windows after discovery of two flaws
>> http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/04/14/apple-to-deprecate-quicktime-for-windows-after-discovery-of-two-flaws
>> 
>> The only solution is to uninstall, if you have quicktime:
>> Uninstall QuickTime for Windows: Apple will not patch its security bugs
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/14/uninstall_quicktime_for_windows/
>> 
>> Mac probably to come soon, but I didn't see any mention of osx.
>
> I have never used Quicktime but I found it on my Windows computer.
> Where did it come from?
> I never installed it.

Many pieces of software install QuickTime. It came with other software
you have installed.

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