Trend Micro Security’s Zero Day Initiative has reported 2 critcal vulnerabilities in Quicktime 7 for Windows. The announcement of these vulnerabilities can be found here:
http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/
The specific details regarding each discovered vulnerability can be found here:
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-241/
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-242/
Apple has already announced that they are no longer updating Quicktime for Windows. This program is now deprecated. Apple is not planning to release any security atches for these disclosed vulnerabilities. Therefore, the recommended remedy is to remove Quicktime for Windows from your PC. Here are instructions from Apple’s website:
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT205771
Users may not recall installing Quicktime on their PC. In many cases, Apple installed Quicktime as part of a bundle of software that is installed when the user downloads iTunes. Therefore, PC users who run iTunes should check to see if Quicktime is installed on their PCs.
Fortunately, there have been no reports to date of hackers successfully exploiting these vulnerabilities. But users are still urged to uninstall Quicktime from all PCs immediately.
There is no evidence at this time that Apple devices running Quicktime are affected by this vulnerability.
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