Apple itself confirms the death of QuickTime for Windows in the Wall Street Journal

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Last week we informed you that Apple was going to stop supporting the QuickTime application for Windows due to serious security problems it had with respect to the Windows platform. Through the network of networks it ran like wildfire not only that Apple was not going to give more support to it but that it was advisable to uninstall it immediately because it could be a security threat on PCs and that is because the Cupertino engineers They were not going to solve the vulnerability or vulnerability that had appeared with the arrival of the Windows update. 

Now, it is the one that affirms for the Wall Street Journal itself that QuickTime for Windows is dead and does not think to buy time to modify it. It will not have more updates is what has shaped the media, although Apple itself has not published any statement. 

As we said in last week's article, the fact that Apple no longer supports the application does not mean that it stops working, but what is clear is that Apple It is not responsible for the serious security problem that a PC user may have who does not uninstall the application "now".

You can imagine how far the security problem can reach that even the very United States government recommended its uninstallation after learning that Apple was leaving it without a future after 11 years of Windows service. The risk of QuickTime Supposed for Windows It is to lose control of the computer to transfer it to a third party using software hidden in a QuickTime-compatible file that the user has been invited to download from the network.

So if you have not yet removed this application from your PC, in this link you can see what you have to do on Apple's own support page.


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