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Given that no details of the Quicktime flaw were published in the article, it's impossible to tell whether the fixes were particularly important.

Flaws are generally rated on their ability to affect the system, not whether they are actually likely to happen. I would imagine that the vast majority of Windows users only use Quicktime with iTMS or iPod, there are very few places other than Apple that stream Quicktime content (e.g. ZDNet only does Real and WMP). At least RedVsBlue.com has QT!

Apple releases OS X fixes monthly, I presume they do much the same with fixes for their Windows software. Maybe the Windows fix just missed the cut for last month - who knows?

Are there any exploits?
Posted by: Fred Fredrickson   Posted on: 10/28/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Why did it take..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
Code battles?  AbsolutelyNot | 10/28/04
Quicktime based on WMP?  rapson | 10/28/04
Huh?  d_jedi | 10/29/04
My guess: why bother?  rapson | 10/28/04
Besides  tic swayback | 10/28/04
No..  d_jedi | 10/29/04
Why bother indeed?  rdwhitti | 10/29/04
Isn't..  d_jedi | 10/29/04
Is that like when MS dropped plug in support...  MacCanuck | 10/29/04
Dunno  Fred Fredrickson | 10/28/04
Flaws found in Windows-based media players  Loverock Davidson | 10/28/04
What's Mac OS X got to do with this story?  bugmenotznet | 10/28/04
I think  rapson | 10/28/04
Okay, MS, . . get out of the software biz  FilledOut | 10/28/04
Huh?  rapson | 10/28/04
I maybe wrong..as I often am...butt  Laff | 10/29/04
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