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If you currently have Quicktime installed on your Windows PC…you need to uninstall it now…here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time you needed to have Apple Quicktime installed on your PC in order to use iTunes, however that\u2019s not longer the case…but that\u2019s not why it needs to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trend Micro reports <\/a>that the discovery of security vulnerabilities within Quicktime that could allow an external attacker to gain control of the computer and as apple no longer support Quicktime for Windows with security updates…it needs to be uninstalled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple has only responded with\u00a0instructions <\/a>for Windows users on how to uninstall Quicktime from their PCs saying “QuickTime 7 for Windows is no longer supported by Apple”. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They have not commented on the security vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

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