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[Ichinisan]

Tried to watch the Apple keynote speech because I'm finally getting a chance to sit down. When it didn't work in Firefox, I tried IE before realizing I don't have QuickTime installed on this particular PC. I clicked the Quicktime logo on Apple's own site and got to the QuickTime download.

When 10 minutes had passed, I realized it had only downloaded a tiny bit. Then I checked the server that it was coming from:

"appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net" sounds pretty "phishy" to me!

I took that screenshot when the download had gone for about 10mins (maybe more). This seems like one SLOW server, like you'd expect if some small-timer found a way to redirect hundreds of Quicktime downloaders onto a private server. When it finishes downloading, I'm curious to see if the executable is signed.

 

[coxmaster]

Strange.. you can google the site "appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net" and get plenty of responses saying its legit..

 

[Quiksilver]

Use a mirror?

http://filehippo.com/download_quicktime_player/

 

[zinfamous]

I don't watch anything if it requires a Quicktime download.

I prefer not to install malware on my computer.

 

[AndroidVageta]

 

[destrekor]

quicktime alternative kthx.

Except Apple keeps updating and it breaks the alternative's ability to mimic.

 

[zCypher]

I don't watch anything if it requires a Quicktime download.

I prefer not to install malware on my computer.

What about Quicktime Alternative (Media Player Classic)?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Windows 7 plays .mov files natively in WMP. Doesn't work for streaming Quicktime files though.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I prefer not to install malware on my computer.

Quicktime is shitty software, but it's not malware. How absurd.

 

[Ichinisan]

The executable is signed and doesn't look suspicious...Apple is just being stupid by setting up a third-party domain with such a suspiciously-crafted name.

Instead of "appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net", how about "appldnld.edgesuite.net"?

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Quicktime is shitty software, but it's not malware. How absurd.

mal (māl, mäl)
n. A disease or disorder.

mal- pref.

1. Bad; badly: malpractice.
2. Abnormal; abnormally: malformation.

Yep, Quicktime qualifies as malware.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I think Apple is just being stupid by setting up a domain (or a third party) with such a suspiciously-crafted domain name.

It's a very, very common CDN. L2internet.

 

[QueBert]

I don't watch anything if it requires a Quicktime download.

I prefer not to install malware on my computer.

Then you should have no problem with installing Quicktime because it's about as far from Malware as you can get. Hell, I don't even think it reports back what you listen to/watch on it to help "improve" the program like WMP does. QT isn't great, but there's nothing wrong with it.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Then you should have no problem with installing Quicktime because it's about as far from Malware as you can get. Hell, I don't even think it reports back what you listen to/watch on it to help "improve" the program like WMP does. QT isn't great, but there's nothing wrong with it.

I haven't used QT in a few years, but it used to report usage information. It also had a nasty habit of installing other Apple programs while "updating". I don't know how it behaves now.

 

[Ichinisan]

Strange.. you can google the site "appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net" and get plenty of responses saying its legit..

Legit, yes...but also conditioning people to not pay attention to what they're downloading; which is never a good thing.

 

[CKent]

I haven't used QT in a few years, but it used to report usage information. It also had a nasty habit of installing other Apple programs while "updating". I don't know how it behaves now.

It also used to reset file associations even when set to not do so. That was many years ago though, I haven't installed that MALWARE on my PC in a very long time