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Apple Deprecating Quicktime For Windows, Micro Trends Urges Users To Uninstall (trendmicro.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the shhh-don't-tell-anyone dept.

harryjohnston writes: Usually when a vendor deprecates a software product and stops releasing security updates, they provide some sort of advance notice that they're intending to do so. The least we would expect is for them to announce an unexpected end-of-life themselves. However, Trend Micro released a security advisory today describing two zero-day vulnerabilities for Quicktime for Windows, and according to them, Apple told Trend Micro -- but apparently nobody else -- that they have deprecated Quicktime for Windows and will not be releasing a patch. The Register has an article on the announcement. Apple did not respond to their request for comment.

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  1. Editors? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How do you manage to get the name of the company issuing the advisory wrong in the TITLE? You've got it right in the summary? Where did "Micro Trends" come from?

  2. Re:Not the first time... by freeze128 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What's next, iTunes?

    Oh please, oh please, oh pleeeeease.....

  3. People still use Quicktime? by advocate_one · · Score: 4, Insightful

    n/t

    --
    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  4. I hope there is a misunderstanding by Ilgaz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    QuickTime does power a lot of professional video workload, perhaps Apple tried to say that they are dropping the browser plugin via removing it in an update which is seriously overdue. Apple wasted a great technology but whatever, days of plugins are long gone.

    If there is no misunderstanding, that should be a final wakeup call to creative professionals.

  5. Re:Drop Apple by phishybongwaters · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now I have to call you on your BS here, the phone Apple refused to unlock was a government issued phone, there was no need to force unlock it, it was not a secure phone to begin with (from a terrorist stand point). And lets ignore the fact that all of the other attacks used straight up sms, no encryption, no magic whatsapp and no bullet codes on walls inside call of duty. And the next BS I have to call you on is "Linux" Linux isn't a company, linux isn't even an Operation System. Linux is an ECOSYSTEM of operating systems. Comparing an open community to a closed company highlights your bias. Apple sucks, Microsoft sucks, and to an extent, blatant linux fan boys suck worse.