The U.S. government has recommended that Windows PC users
uninstall Apple Inc's QuickTime video player after security software
maker Trend Micro Inc said on Thursday it had discovered two new bugs in
the software.
Trend Micro said it had uncovered two critical
vulnerabilities in the version of the QuickTime media player for
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, which could be leveraged to
launch attacks on PCs if users visit a malicious web page or open a
tainted file.
The warning does not apply to QuickTime for Apple's Mac computers.A spokesman for Apple declined to comment.
Trend Micro said that it did not know of any cases where the
bugs had been exploited by attackers, but urged Windows users to
immediately uninstall it because Apple was phasing out the program,
which means it will not fix the bugs.
The Department of Homeland Security's United States Computer
Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, said in an alert on Thursday that
the bugs put users at heightened risks from viruses and other security
threats since Apple was ending support for the product.
"The only mitigation available is to uninstall QuickTime for Windows," the alert said.
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