Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,alt.windows7.general Subject: Re: Apple will no longer fix Quicktime security bugs (only solution is to uninstall) Date: 16 Apr 2016 04:34:44 GMT Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net du8luhqHOShF1dinPUmFlQn6LSJC9W64bEwiX5lMQJEZ0z8/Rt Cancel-Lock: sha1:PfSs2WK4kR1+6uAhWzWcXUSGyDI= sha1:KHGsVx91//QFFfq1I3HHOtIklxY= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.1.7 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:35148 Steve Hayes wrote: > On 15 Apr 2016 16:00:21 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2016-04-15, Marob Katon 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. > > And some pieces of hardware install ?Quicktime too. Nonsense. > I bought a casette tape player to transfer tapes to CD, and it > installed QuickTime No it didn't. You installed a program that came with the tape drive. > a bad choice of software, since Quicktime seems > to insist on dividing recordings into "tracks" No it doesn't. That was the software you installed to record from the tape drive. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR