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Why should we care about what the SHA1 or whatever is ?

The part about the SHA1 digest is actually part of the update bulletin itself, and Paul quoted the whole bulletin. Did you read the explanation of what it is? It's a checksum, like MD5, which allows you to verify the file integrity after downloading it. While seldom used by the general public (read: used frequently by geeks like me), it's especially useful when you think a packet or two might have been dropped during the download process.

So you mean this should be done after downloading any critical update ?

Quite possible the worst POS software available for windows. Every version never fails to disappoint.

@ daveinla: it's more an insurance thing; you can do it if you want, but if you trust the server and your Internet connection, and you've never downloaded a file that turned out to be corrupted -- I wouldn't worry.

Where are the blog posts of stuff like this?

news.zdnet.co.uk/.../0,1000000121,39292644,00.htm

Oh right, you're not biased. Sorry, forgot.

yep jvd, it's not so scary. You would need to find a website with the malicious code that would need executed from the Quicktime app. As if it would ever happen! There are much, much more scarier things out there. My HP workstation browser just got highjack and some anti-malware pop-up keeps popping up as well as notification that my anti-virus software is not working. It is going to reinstall EVERTHING, from the OS [which is XP] up. They cost $65,000, so we don't just have a spare sitting around. Yep, that's $ 65K. I thought that they said that Macs were more expensive?

Here's something even scarier. We have Norton Antivirus and only about a douzon Doctors use the below workstation in a heavily traversed room [lots of people walking in and out all the time]. And quicktime is not on this computer, if you were wondering. It uses Windows XP Pro. I just got this message from IT. [It pays to use a Mac]:

"Dr. *******,

I personally evaluated the workstation on Wednesday afternoon.  It was determined that the workstation was infected with numerous Trojans that were creating the erroneous pop-ups, slow speed, and other undesirable affects.  Due to the severity of the problem it is recommended to restore the workstation with a “clean” computer image.  This process involves removing all data on the computer and restoring it using the contents of a known good workstation.  In this case the Ultrasound reading workstation, due to it’s hardware similarities, will be used to create an image and will be restored to the Mammography reading workstation.  This will involve bringing down both workstations for a duration of 2 hours. "