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Security holes in iTunes

Are you using iPhone or iPod? Then its about time you udate the software used by these hardware platforms, iTunes and QuickTime.

Security breaches have been found in the software associated and distributed worldwide with the iPod and iPhone from Apple. There are several security leaks of which some are pretty extensive. The most known security holes have been blocked in new patches of these two software applications. There are ten different security holes that can be tightened up through automatic update on both the Windows and Mac OS operating systems.

The errors utilized in QuickTime lies in the media player that is associated with the media software iTunes. Most of the iPod and iPhone users utilize iTunes to update their media player with new music, videos and podcasts. The software iTunes is needed to use the iPhone at all, and to restore, update or handle media files.

The security errors can in worst case make it possible for malicious hackers to install software on your computer that should not be there.

They disguise this destructive and malicious software as movie cuts that will make the users to open them and give access to the hackers. The malicious code will make QuickTime to crash and if possible to install other malicious software to work in batch on your computer without you knowing it at all.

It is really bad news that malicious code is hidden in media files and let users believe that its only a movie they open up and not a malicious code hidden in it. The internet transfers more and more media files, so it is of great concern this trend.

A security hole in iTunes will also be fixed now together with an upgrade patch that will make the software ready for the next version of iPhone operating system 3.0 which is expected within short time.

So my advise to you is to update your applications iTunes and QuickTime now, and make sure you are updating it on a regular basis to implement the latest versions with fixes that at least takes the most common and known security holes in these applications.

 

AVI is the most widely used video file on Windows, many player support this kind of video, like Window Media Player, Real Player, VLC Player, MPlayer, etc. To Mac users, they often use QuickTime movie, MOV, MP4, DV, M4V. So the problem comes. If you are a Mac user, and got .avi files from friends but can’t open it with QuickTime or make DVD with iDVD. It is annoyed, isn’t it?

Mac Video Converter is a must-have program for Many Apple Mac users. Only a few clicks, you can convert AVI to QuickTime understood files, MOV, MP4, DV, etc. Audio conversion are also supported, you can extract audio track from AVI to MP3, WAV, or AIFF. Once transform AVI to Mac QuickTime movie, you can import the new video into iDVD for making DVD. The following guide shows you how to convert AVI to iDVD for Mac OS.

Tutorial: How to convert AVI to iDVD MOV, MP4, DV, M4V, MP3 on Mac OS?

Download Video Converter for Mac Intel verison PowerPC verison

Locate AVI files

Open the source .avi files, and load them into Mac Video Converter, you can add one or multiple files at a time.



Specify output folder

Select the target video, MP4, MOV, DV, or M4V for iDVD. Appoint a place where you can easily find for the converted files.



Settings: AVI to iDVD

You can set the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate for iDVD video and Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder and Bit Rate for iDVD Audio.



If necessary, you can make iDVD video editing, such as trim video clips, remove unwanted black sides, or apply special effects.

The last step is hit the Convert button to begin the conversion of AVI to iDVD on Mac OS.

Malware are software applications programmed to harm or do unauthorized actions on a computer system. Common examples of malware are viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. Viruses, for example, can cause havoc on a computer’s hard drive by deleting files or directory. Spyware, on the other hand, can gather data from a user’s system without the user knowing it. This poses a serious security threat. So what can you do to prevent yourself from getting infected by malware?

The real answer is proactive malware prevention and removal. This is readily available on the Internet as online malware removal tools. There are anti-virus and anti-spyware utilities that you can install on your computer that will look for and destroy the malicious programs they find on your computer. These applications will find the infection and prompt you to clean, quarantine or delete these files.

Of course, running these scans need to be done consistently and frequently. Some do it daily, some weekly, and some do it as the need arises. You should adjust the frequency of your scans to how you use the Internet. As a rule, the heavier your Internet usage, the more frequent is your scanning. It is also of equal import to update your malware removal softwares as new malware are being produced everyday. It is sad that there are software programmers out there with malicious intent, but you can save yourself from being their victim just by being vigilant in running these scans.

You can avoid paying for an expensive technician to come repair your computer system if you use one of these online malware removal tools.