If you have iTunes installed on your Windows PC, chances are you also have QuickTime as it came bundled in the iTunes installer before version 10.5. This security issue only affects Windows and not OS X systems. However, since Apple has abandoned QuickTime for Windows and will no longer support it, the only way to protect yourself from an attack is to get rid of it. In this regard, QuickTime for Windows now joins Microsoft Windows XP and Oracle Java 6 as software that is no longer being updated to fix vulnerabilities and subject to ever increasing risk as more and more unpatched vulnerabilities are found affecting it. But the only way to protect your Windows systems from potential attacks against these or other vulnerabilities in Apple QuickTime now is to uninstall it. We’re not aware of any active attacks against these vulnerabilities currently.

According to Trend Micro’s security bulletin: Trend Micro says it hasn’t discovered any active attacks that target the newly found vulnerabilities (at least not yet). The Computer Emergency Readiness Team, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, issued security alert (TA16-105A) on Thursday calling for all Windows users to uninstall the program.

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