QuickTime should not be allowed without permission

[Anon]

I noticed this beta ushered QuickTime right in without a
question, one of the worst invasive programs you can
get. While on the site, once it told me I'd have to
install QuickTime, I quickly refused -- and it installed
anyway. But it didn't install so that it could be
removed in Add/Remove programs and it didn't install
where you could find the uninstaller, and I had to take
it out bit by bit of my registry. This should not be
allowed automatically. It should ask.

 

[Alan]

First off, Real is much more invasive!

Second, QuickTime in the list of trusted applications.
This is because it is KNOWN to be free of spyware!

Third, in order to install QuickTime, YOU MUST download
it from Apple.com! It just doesn't install by itself!

This in fact might have been a spyware/malware program
trying to spoof the QuickTime name. I have QuickTime on
my system, and IT IS listed in the list of programs in
Windows that can be removed by using Add or Remove
Programs. I'd suggest running a full system scan in Safe
Mode to see if it was in fact QuickTime, or some other
program spoofing the QT name. This wouldn't be the first
time that a legitamate program was spoofed, and it won't
be the last time either.

Alan

 

[Menno Hershberger]

I use the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. It is an alternative to Real Player AND
Quick Time. No annoying popus trying to get you to upgrade plus it
installs all kind of good codecs for various video formats.
See http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

I don't have any issues with Quicktime, except for its invasive notification
startup icon.
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[Robin Walker [MVP]]

I don't have any issues with Quicktime, except for its invasive
notification startup icon.

.... which you can turn off in control panel Quicktime, menu "Browser
Plug-in".

 

[Ron Chamberlin]

They seem to bury that switch deeper with each release.


Ron Chamberlin
MS-MVP