dougrosman

The government advises Windows users uninstall Quicktime now that they are no longer supporting it. 

https://www.grahamcluley.com/2016/04/quicktime-windows/

Since they aren't supporting it, our systems are vulnerable to attacks if we continue to use it.

I just got back into Max, and was excited to start using the hap codec for 4k video, but then this news came out...Since hap is Quicktime, what does that mean for us Max users? Are the vulnerabilities they mention only an issue for web plugins, or does the desktop app make us vulnerable? I really only use quicktime on my computer for exporting video from premiere, or for using Max, and I don't use it to watch videos I download.

The government advises Windows users uninstall Quicktime now that they are no longer supporting it.  https://www.grahamcluley.com/2016/04/quicktime-windows/

I just got back into Max, and was excited to start using the hap codec for 4k video, but then this news came out...Since hap is Quicktime, what does that mean for us Max users?  Are the vulnerabilities they mention only an issue for web plugins, or does the desktop app make us vulnerable?  I really only use quicktime on my computer for exporting video from premiere, or for using Max, and I don't use it to watch videos I download.

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This is a really serious issue, and we shall be working in the next few weeks to resolve it. I don't have the exact details of our "get out of Windows QT" plan at this stage.

We're moving towards using the VIDDLL engine for video playback - now the default in Windows Max 7.2.2

Please use it and let us know how you get on

This is a really serious issue, and we shall be working in the next few weeks to resolve it. I don't have  the exact details of our "get out of Windows QT" plan at this stage.

if the goverment advises something, just do the opposite and you should be fine.

However this time we should handle this problem seriously and follow the advice to uninstall 

. It is Trend Micro's warning which was echoed by the US Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team. There was no evidence that any hackers had exploited the Quicktime vulnerabilities so far, but since Apple won't be issuing any more security updates or keeping up with hacker activity against the software, it's now a prime target.

However this time we should handle this problem seriously and follow the advice to uninstall QuickTime. It is Trend Micro's warning which was echoed by the US Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team. There was no evidence that any hackers had exploited the Quicktime vulnerabilities so far, but since Apple won't be issuing any more security updates or keeping up with hacker activity against the software, it's now a prime target.


Since Apple is no longer supporting quicktime on windows...