*Source: PC World (
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...article.html)*
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Although browsers are notoriously juicy targets for hackers, Apple Inc.'s QuickTime is actually three times more likely to pose a threat than Internet Explorer 6 -- and six times more likely to be a threat than Firefox, Danish vulnerability tracker Secunia ApS said this week.
The higher risk posed by QuickTime stems from lackadaisical patching by users. According to an analysis of more than 350,000 system checks done over the last six months by the free Secunia Software Inspector, 33.1 percent of all QuickTime 7 installations weren't up to date with security patches. Another music player, AOL LLC's Winamp, was almost as likely to be outdated: 27 percent of Winamp 5 installations were missing needed security fixes.
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