Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Security Notices: QuickTime (and that time of the month)

Windows users: Today is Patch Tuesday. If you don't have Automatic Updates turned on, you know what to do.

I just did mine -- four updates for me, running Windows 2000. Reboot required afterwards with a somewhat long turnaround time, or so it seemed. But other than that, no drama.

Windows and Mac users: Apple has released a patch for QuickTime that closes at least five security holes. This brings the latest version to v7.5. Note that this latest version, as with the past few releases, is only available for Windows XP and Vista, and Mac OS X 10.3.9 and higher. Software Update should take care of you, it is claimed. See Ryan Naraine for details and helpful links.

Reminder to Windows users: If you have iTunes on your computer, you also have QuickTime. Even if you never use it, it's worth keeping it up to date.

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