By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Homeland security officials and a top cybersecurity farm are warning Windows PC users to uninstall Apple’s Quicktime video player because bugs could be used to launch attacks on computers, Fox News reports.
Authorities discovered bugs in the software that make it vulnerable to attacks.
Apple, however, is not issuing security updates for Quicktimes for Windows, the Trend Micro security firm said.
Experts have not seen any hacking cases yet.
“The only mitigation available is to uninstall QuickTime for Windows,” DHS’s United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team said.
Apple has not commented publicly on the issue.
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