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Looks like Apple was relying on security through obscurity again. Honestly, the way they attack Windows and MS in general, I wouldn't rule out the possibility of this vulnerability being left there intentionally.
Apple QuickTime backdoor
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I do have QuickTime, as it is a prerequisite of iTunes, which is a prerequisite of iPhone and iPad. But I never actually use QuickTime, so hopefully I'm safe.
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Reading stuff like this makes me wish I could uninstall QuickTime from my computer, but I need it since certain websites I go to use QuickTime plugins...
Therefore, please hurry up and fix this Apple!
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Imagine that. I honestly haven't used Quicktime in years. It's always been horrible software and a huge security risk, and it always will be. Another reason I chose Android over iPhone...that way I don't have to be tied down to QT/iTunes.
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I remove Quick Time a while back and I'm living very happy. I really don't want things from Apple on my Windows.
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Apple QuickTime backdoor
Posted: 31 Aug 2010
source..A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.
Technically, the inclusion of an unused parameter known as “_Marshaled_pUnk” is a backdoor because it is the work of an Apple developer who added it to to the QuickTime code base and then, most likely, forgot to remove it when it was no longer needed. It sat largely undetected for at least nine years until Ruben Santamarta of Spain-based security firm Wintercore discovered it and realized it could be exploited to take full control of machines running Windows 7, Microsoft's most secure operating system to date.
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