[Newsbot]

Title: Urgent Call to Action: Uninstall QuickTime for Windows Today -
Category: Tech
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2016-04-15 05:26:47
Canadian

[DrCaleb]

Seriously - right now go into 'Control Panel' then 'Uninstall Software' and if you see 'Quicktime', hit the .

[ShepherdsDog]

pourquoi?

[DrCaleb]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

pourquoi?

As the article says, there are serious vulnerabilities in Quicktime, and Apple is no longer supporting it. Meaning those vulnerabilities won't be patched and will very soon (like tomorrow!) be used as exploits by people looking to infect your computer with their malware and trojans.

Quicktime isn't used anymore, so you might as well get rid of it now.

[ShepherdsDog]

don't have it, so i guess I'm hokay.

[DrCaleb]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

don't have it, so i guess I'm hokay.

[herbie]

Now if we could just get rid of that effing Flash shit too...

[PluggyRug]

[Canadian_Mind]

Don't even know how to figure out if my PC has QuickTime.

[xdresser]

You mean there are actually windows users who use QuickTime? Do they still use geocities and Netscape too?

[bootlegga]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Don't even know how to figure out if my PC has QuickTime.

DrC's instructions work for XP users, but if you have Win 7, open the Start menu, select Control Panel, then select Programs and Features.

After the list populates, scroll down and if you have it, click it. You will then be given the option to uninstall it.

If you have Win 8 or 10, you're fucked!

Just kidding, go to Microsoft.com and look it up.

[Lemmy]

Windows 10 was just as easy: click the "Windows icon", click "All apps", click "QuickTime", click "uninstall".

[herbie]

If you have Windows 8 get rid of it. Now!
Right click Start on Windows 10 to get the familiar Control Panel.
You probably got Quicktime when you installed iTunes a long time ago. And it's never even fired up for anything.

[Canadian_Mind]

why get rid of windows 8? I've only had it for a year and a bit.

[Hyack]

Okay, I'm running Windows 8.1, why would I want to upgrade to Windows 10? What advantages are there, ease of operating, safety and vulnerability?