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6% of PCs block this file from running.
Additional versions
QTPlugin.ocx
QuickTime Control by Apple Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 7.6.8 (1675) |
| MD5: | 564bff1b6fcc1a2844bea505445102f1 |
| SHA1: | 206304771c25111bd0c7d288afb37b8baf12c9fa |
| SHA256: | a15cabbe31a4aa011330851dc8a5036289d2d7e47ff3c2792f3b25890681ca5c |
What is QTPlugin.ocx?
The QuickTime Control allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages.
About QTPlugin.ocx (from Apple Inc.)
“QuickTime is integrated with Mac OS X, but was once an optional component during installation for earlier versions of Mac OS. QuickTime for Microsoft Windows is downloadable, either as a standalone in”
Overview
qtplugin.ocx is marked as a Safe for Scripting ActiveX control for IE which allows it to execute scripts within the web browser which is allowed becuase the module is digitall signed. It is installed with a couple of know programs including QuickTime published by Apple Inc., QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 from KL Software and QuickTime Alternative 3.2.2 by KL Software. The file is digitally signed by Apple Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | qtplugin.ocx |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Product name: | QuickTime Control |
| Description: | The QuickTime Control allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\quicktime\qtplugin.ocx |
| File version: | 7.6.8 (1675) |
| Product version: | QuickTime 7.6.8 (1675) |
| Size: | 781.3 KB (800,048 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.299498 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. QuickTime for Microsoft Windows has always been downloadable as a standalone installation, as well as being bundled with Apple's iTunes. QuickTime Player is limited to only basic playback operations unless a QuickTime Pro license key is purchased.
QuickTime Alternative is a codec package for Microsoft Windows for playing QuickTime media, normally only playable by the official QuickTime software distribution from Apple Inc. QuickTime Alternative consists of codec libraries extracted from the official distribution, including the official QuickTime plugin required for playing QuickTime files (.MOV, .QT and others) in web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, and al...
“The following filetypes are enabled and SUPPORTED by the installation of the Vista Codec Package.
amr | mpc | ofr | divx | mka | ape | flac | evo | flv | m4b | mkv | ogg | ogv | ogm | rmvb | xvid
All of the above filetypes can be queued to the Windows Media Player Playlist using a right-click.”
Behaviors
Safe for scripting controls
Marked as a safe ActiveX control for Internet Explorer (digitally signed with script execution permission)
- Implemented as 'CLSID\{2738729E-EB41-7E91-5554-9AE712842BBB}\Implemented Categories\{7DD95801-9882-11CF-9FA9-00AA006C42C4}'
- Implemented as 'CLSID\{CB927D12-4FF7-4A9E-A169-56E4B8A75598}\Implemented Categories\{7DD95801-9882-11CF-9FA9-00AA006C42C4}'
- Implemented as 'CLSID\{4063BE15-3B08-470D-A0D5-B37161CFFD69}\Implemented Categories\{7DD95801-9882-11CF-9FA9-00AA006C42C4}'
- Implemented as 'CLSID\{02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B}\Implemented Categories\{7DD95801-9882-11CF-9FA9-00AA006C42C4}'
Safe for initializing controls
- {2738729E-EB41-7E91-5554-9AE712842BBB}
- {CB927D12-4FF7-4A9E-A169-56E4B8A75598}
- {4063BE15-3B08-470D-A0D5-B37161CFFD69}
- {02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B}
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
27.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
21.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
15.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
15.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
6.00% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.00% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
3.00% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 28.72% of QuickTime Control.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
32.32% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
10.10% |
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| Toshiba |
8.08% |
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| ASUS |
8.08% |
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| Acer |
8.08% |
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| Sony |
8.08% |
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| American Megatrends |
6.06% |
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| NEC |
4.04% |
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| Intel |
4.04% |
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| Compaq |
4.04% |
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| Medion |
4.04% |
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| Samsung |
2.02% |
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| Lenovo |
0.67% |
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| GIGABYTE |
0.34% |
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