Apple on Wednesday pushed out an update to its QuickTime media player software, fixing at least 11 security vulnerabilities in the software for both Mac and Windows systems. Mac users can get the latest version through Software Update. Windows QuickTime users will need to use the bundled Apple Software Update application. Apple likes to bundle QuickTime with iTunes, but plenty of Windows users want to keep their QuickTime installs up-to-date without installing iTunes. I used to know of a fairly reliable link from which people could download a QuickTime-only standalone installer, but that link seems to have disappeared. If anyone can locate the official link for the standalone installer, I will update this post with that information. QuickTime vulnerabilities are dangerous because exploiting them can be as simple for an attacker as tricking someone into clicking on a malicious video link. As I noted in my roundup of Apple patches