Indeed you did, and belatedly, here it is....
Get rid of QuickTime for Windows... NOW ... PING!
Thanks to ShadowAce for the ping!!
Posted on 04/20/2016 6:46:26 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
U.S. government recommends uninstalling software after security holes discovered
If you’re still using Apple’s QuickTime on a Windows PC, it’s time to stop. Apple confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that it is no longer supporting or updating the 11-year-old QuickTime 7 for Windows, and has posted instructions for uninstalling the software. Keeping it installed on your computer may pose a risk.
Last week, researchers discovered two new security holes that could allow bad guys to create malicious files to launch within Apple’s media player. Trend Micro, the security research firm that found the vulnerability, said that it hasn’t yet found any evidence of exploits. But now that the findings are public, without promise of a fix from Apple, the risks are rising.
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Another chink in the Apple. Another Apple FU to Windows / Apple users. They must be too busy calculating their falling stock value.
Should I uninstall it along with Real Player and Limewire?
I mean who the heck still has QuickTime on their machine???
A Freebee that gets kudo's for that status and turn of the MS viewer as well. Quicktime just feels like bloatwear, I didn't install it and if I can't view it because I don't have it, Oh well...
Can’t remember ever using Quicktime ,but VLC for the win
I also prefer VLC player. I let Windows Media player handle video by default, but for everything it cannot, VLC player does it well.
Importantly, there is also Apple Application Support, which mostly runs iTunes but also backs Quicktime and other Apple apps, and Apple Software Update. I think these two can go as well.
It’s always been time to dump QuickTime, crumby app.
Ping
What do you think?
I think this is a ping for the Windows list. I pinged dayglored in #10
I don’t allow Flash on my computer either.
Indeed you did, and belatedly, here it is....
Get rid of QuickTime for Windows... NOW ... PING!
Thanks to ShadowAce for the ping!!
Gotta love that hate oozing out from between your keys... ;-)
QuickTime for Windows has been a zombie/orphan program for years and every Windows user knows that. I hated it when I had to use it, back before Windows got decent media playing capabilities. It was unstable and a PITA. And I uninstalled it first chance I got, many years ago.
Tell me, please, that you aren't really that uninformed as to think that there are still a large number of Windows users who rely on QuickTime to the point where they'll consider this anything other than a nudge to get on the stick with something better.
This is just belated cleanup of old garbage that should have been taken out long ago.
Well that is really not the point now is it fanboi.
The real point is Apple installed some software on millions of PC’s that will soon be an Open Door.
Apple’s response? FU. Every iPhone user with a PC is certainly affected. Did Apple notify them? Hell No.
LOL, you show your colors. I'm no apple fanboi -- I run the Windows Ping List for a reason. You're welcome to check my FR profile if you are interested in actual facts rather than throwing around insults. But I doubt you will.
> The real point is Apple installed some software on millions of PC’s
No they didn't. The Windows users installed it, voluntarily. Like any other software chosen and installed by the user, it's the user's responsibility to keep it up to date and uninstall it when it becomes a problem.
> Did Apple notify them? Hell No.
Apple doesn't know who has installed it -- the installer files were available from non-Apple download sites. And hardly anyone "registers" software with an email address unless they're desirous of spam. So hardly anyone does.
Or do you expect the manufacturer of your car to look up your phone number, call you, and send someone out to your house to fuel and wash it for you, too? :-)
Oh and BTW, Apple's site has had this notice since January 7, 2016:
Important: QuickTime 7 for Windows is no longer supported by Apple. New versions of Windows since 2009 have included support for the key media formats, such as H.264 and AAC, that QuickTime 7 enabled. All current Windows web browsers support video without the need for browser plug-ins. If you no longer need QuickTime 7 on your PC, follow the instructions for uninstalling QuickTime 7 for Windows.I.e. they've been telling people explicitly for a quarter of a year to get rid of it because it's unnecessary. Do you understand "no longer supported"? When a vulnerability is announced, it is any surprise that "no support" means "we're not going to fix it"?
Ahh... what a bunch of baloney. I installed iCloud not 2 months ago and Apple pushed down Quicktime 7.
Well, I'm extremely disappointed in Apple if that's the case. If Apple really "pushed" QT onto your system without your approval, since January, I consider that a major f*k-up on Apple's part. They didn't give you a chance to deselect it?
I don't use their iCloud so I haven't had exactly that experience myself, but I have installed iTunes on my Win7 boxes in the past, and I seem to recall that QT was optional and you could avoid installing it.
As a user, whenever I install something "free" that comes with an additional product (e.g. Java comes with Ask/Yahoo, Adobe Flash comes with McAfee), I always take care to de-select the additional stuff. It's almost never worth it.
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