Watch out! Apple warns: If you have QuickTime and use Windows, say goodbye – HoyEnTEC

Many Apple products were gradually coming to Microsoft. One of the most famous is QuickTime, whose installation was necessary not only for the products themselves of Cupertino in Windows, but to run many applications and games. However as the song she said “everything has an end,” and in this case can cause problems to users of Microsoft. If you have a Windows and QuickTime operating system installed on it, uninstall the latter right now .

Yesterday on April 14 Apple confirmed that it would release more security updates for QuickTime Windows . This means that, as happened at the time with Windows XP, QuickTime is vulnerable to new viruses or attacks that occur on Microsoft platforms. A priori this would not necessarily lead to stop using the program, but the firm Trend Micro suggests the opposite.

Notice of Apple urging remove QuickTime for Windows systems has its origin in the discovery of Trend Micro . The cause are two important vulnerabilities that could seriously damage these computers, the only solution to uninstall. United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has provided links to learn these vulnerabilities.

Zero Day Inititiative has been commissioned to reveal the details and name these vulnerabilities . The first, ZDI-16-241 , allow the attacker to specify an invalid value in the “moov atom”, while the second, ZDI-16-242 , introduce a process invalid index “atom”. These facts would give the attacker the ability to execute code or write data as adversely affecting the system.

In both cases it would be necessary for the user the “activated” by opening or accessing pages or applications Malicious . Although today antimalware antivirus protection is widespread, it really is very difficult to be completely safe. For that reason, to events like this should spread the information as soon and fast as possible. If you have QuickTime, uninstall it, and if you know someone in the same situation, be sure to tell because it could save many headaches.

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