5 responses to “QuickTime, Picasa, OpenOffice all avoid simple security procedures”

1. 

   Mordechai (Morty) Schiller October 3rd, 2011 at 14:02

   Woody,
   Secunia tells me my version of Apple Quick Time is insecure:
   “This program was detected as Insecure, it is strongly recommended that you apply the latest security patch from the vendor of the program.
   The version detected of Apple QuickTime 7.x was 7.69.80.9 while the latest version including one or more security fixes is 7.7.”

   Do I even need Quick Time? Can I just remove it? I never use it. I watch videos with VLC.

   Thanks, Morty

2. 

   woody October 3rd, 2011 at 20:31

   @Morty -

   You need it if you have iTunes, but if you don’t, delete it. The worst that’ll happen is some obscure app will come along and tell you that you have to install it…

3. 

   Mordechai (Morty) Schiller October 3rd, 2011 at 22:14

   Woody,
   Thanks. I don’t have iTunes, nor do I have an iPod. Can’t stand being tethered to a device. I listen to MP3’s on my box (through the speakers) with either Winamp, VLC or Media Player Classic.
   I do wonder, though, how I can save podcasts that look for iTunes, instead of downloading as MP3’s.
   Morty

4. 

   Mordechai (Morty) Schiller January 18th, 2012 at 07:14

   Hi,
   Back again…
   Some pages in Firefox want me to install the Quicktime plugin. I keep ignoring it. I saw that there is a Quicktime alternative, but it played to mixed reviews:
   http://www.free-codecs.com/reviews/quicktime_alternative.htm
   and
   http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206210
   Is there any way I can force FF to use Winamp or Media Player Classic instead?
   Thanks!

5. 

   Mordechai (Morty) Schiller January 21st, 2012 at 00:23

   Or VLC (VideoLAN)?