If you are a windows user and have the popular quick time application installed on your machine the time has come to part ways and you should uninstall it. The reason for this is the recent disclosure of two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been discovered in the application. The fact that the application contains a zero-day exploits isn't as bad as the fact that apple won't be releasing a patch to fix the vulnerability. This disclosure means that hackers will be actively targeting windows users looking for the quick time application and if you haven't it uninstalled well then you are vulnerable to an attack. Quick Time for Windows follows other software such as Microsoft Windows XP and Oracle Java 6, which are no longer being updated to fix vulnerabilities. That makes them subject to ever-increasing risk as more and more unpatched vulnerabilities are found and cybercriminals attempt to exploit them. The call for users and companies to uninstall Quick Time has been echoed across the security industry so get yourself over to the control panel > add remove programs > Quick Time> Uninstall.
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