The US Department of Homeland Security is advising all Windows users to uninstall QuickTime.
According to Trend Micro, Apple will no longer provide security updates for QuickTime for Windows, which leaves the software vulnerable to exploitation.
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The security firm has discovered two critical vulnerabilities that could allow remote attack to take over your system, and without an update from Apple, these will likely never be patched up.
Homeland Security echoed the firm’s advice to users to abandon the programme completely if you use Windows.
Mac users, however, are in the clear, as the flaws do not affect QuickTime for Mac in any way.