![]() ![]() All I could find is this lame uninstall primer, last modified more than a month ago, which at its heart points you to an old Microsoft page with generic instructions for uninstalling programs. I looked high and low on Apple's website and couldn't find any notification about QuickTime for Windows getting tossed to the dogs. The US-CERT alert TA16-105A essentially repeats the Trend Micro/ZDI announcement, with no additional information. But the only way to protect your Windows systems from potential attacks against these or other vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime now is to uninstall it. We're not aware of any active attacks against these vulnerabilities currently. And because Apple is no longer providing security updates for QuickTime on Windows, these vulnerabilities are never going to be patched. These advisories are being released in accordance with the Zero Day Initiative's Disclosure Policy for when a vendor does not issue a security patch for a disclosed vulnerability. They will no longer be issuing security updates for the product on the Windows Platform and recommend users uninstall it… Our Zero Day Initiative has just released two advisories ZDI-16-241 and ZDI-16-242 detailing two new, critical vulnerabilities affecting QuickTime for Windows. ![]() Apple is deprecating QuickTime for Microsoft Windows.
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