Computer Security

VideoLAN Claims Security Teams Warnings Are Outdated By 2 Years

March 23, 2010
By MasPoster
VideoLAN Claims Security Teams Warnings Are Outdated By 2 Years

VideoLAN stated in their website on 22 March 2010 that ISS and SecurityForce are spreading outdated security issue which was fixed 2 years ago. “So-called “Security” teams are spreading wrong information about an “unpatched” security issue in VLC. ISS and SecurityFocus are presenting a security issue in versions of VLC, that are, in fact, more than...
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The VideoLAN Project Advises Against The Use Of Clam AntiVirus

March 1, 2010
By MasPoster
The VideoLAN Project Advises Against The Use Of Clam AntiVirus

According to VLC News, VLC issued a Security Advisory that “Clam AntiVirus incorrectly claims that the x86 SSE2-accelerated I:4:2:2 chroma conversion plugin as being a computer trojan. This affects builds of VLC media player with recent versions of the MingW compilation toolchain.” This may make copying, installing and/or using of VLC media player or applications...
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