Cut to the QuickTime

The end of a popular video player could mean the beginning of a litany of security issues for many computer users.

After the discovery of two significant security flaws in its QuickTime video player, Apple has announced that it is ending support for QuickTime 7 for Windows. The flaws, originally discovered by Trend Micro, allow for the exploitation of remote code, which could trigger heap overflows when a malicious website is visited.

Claiming that QuickTime for Windows has “depreciated,” Apple chose not to issue a patch for QuickTime, and is thus urging users to uninstall it as soon as possible.

Read more here:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/windows-quicktime-1.3540832

QuickTime 7 uninstall guide for Windows:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205771