Usually when a vendor deprecates a software product and stops releasing security updates, they provide some sort of advance notice that they're intending to do so.
The least we would expect is for them to announce an unexpected end-of-life themselves.
However, Trend Micro released a security advisory today describing two zero-day vulnerabilities for Quicktime for Windows, and according to them, Apple told Trend Micro -- but apparently nobody else -- that they have deprecated Quicktime for Windows and will not be releasing a patch.
The Register has an article on the announcement.
Apple did not respond to their request for comment.
So now we have to uninstall Quicktime!?
QuickTime for Windows is no longer supported by Apple and users should uninstall the program immediately.
That's the latest warning from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, following a Trend Micro report saying the software is vulnerable to two zero day exploits.
The Windows version of QuickTime 7 has not been updated since January and Apple will not be releasing any security patches to fix the exploits.
QuickTime for Mac is unaffected, though it also remains supported by Apple.
TrendMicro is NOT aware of any active attacks against these vulnerabilities currently.
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.
And what about those who paid for QuickTime Pro?
We really are missing Steve Jobs!
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