Apple Patches Old QuickTime Vulnerabilities With QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows

[Alboguy]

A few weeks ago, we told you about an exploit in the Windows version of Apple's QuickTime, based on a line of code from 2001. QuickTime 7.6.8, released Wednesday, finally fixes that vulnerability. The bug allowed the takeover of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines with Internet Explorer installed.

The news isn't so much that Apple fixed the problem, but that they took longer to do so than it seems. We found out about it in late August, but it had been reported to Apple nearly two months prior. Bug trackers criticized the company for moving slowly, and Aaron Portnoy of bug hunting group Zero Day Initiative said he could have fixed the problem "within a day."

Source: HERE

[leofelix]

Thank you
waiting for QuickTime alternative update:-P which will be very fast as usual in despite of the - as various as useless - attempts from Adobe to make them stop to develop their software

[Ande]

Thanks guy. Thank you too Leo for the alternative link.
I think I'll go both ways - update quicktime and go elsewhere when I can.

[INDRANIL]

Thank you Alboguy for the info. I don't use quictime . Also thank you leo for the alternative link .

[Boyfriend]

Thanks Alboguy for update. I am also waiting for updated QuickTime Alternative/QT Lite (just like leofelix) as I do not use full version.