New Quicktime vulnerability allows malicious attack

<---- Updates his security software and hopes for the best until a patch is out.

looks likes macs won't be "virus free" now

Just because a vulnerability exists, that doesn't mean that virus coders will jump on it. Why write viruses that only effect 3% of the population? Until malicious coders feel that Apple computers make up a large enough population that it would be worth it, no one will bother.

"Until malicious coders feel that Apple computers make up a large enough population that it would be worth it, no one will bother."

How many iTunes users are out there? Millions I'm sure. That's how many people and more this exploit will affect.

Although this is not a system virus, macs are not quite relatively virus "free", there has always been Mac office exploits out there. I think there was another last week, as well as Java and Flash exploits that have always been around and can still affect macs. Remember in the old SE days the renaming of the Hard Drive ".sony"?

I am a linux user and only have QT on Wine through CrossOver so this doesn't really affect me anyways.

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looks likes macs won't be "virus free" now

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"How many iTunes users are out there? Millions I'm sure. That's how many people and more this exploit will affect. " The exploit is within Quicktime, not iTunes. Granted, they install together, but few use QT; iTunes is the real draw. There are plenty of iTunes users out there, but that's not what I said. Remember that I said Apple computers, not Apple software. There are plenty of hacks/viruses/etc. that exploit apple software-but only when it's released for windows. I never said this exploit wouldn't be used by people writing malicious code on a PC. I said no one will bother exploiting it for Mac.