# Why is the SDMB trying to run Quicktime each time I open a thread?

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**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-trying-to-run-quicktime-each-time-i-open-a-thread/368833 "2006-08-15T15:17:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-trying-to-run-quicktime-each-time-i-open-a-thread/368833/1 "2006-08-15T15:17:48Z")

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I’m using IE 7.0, so there may be a bug of some kind that they haven’t ironed out yet, but every thread I open gives me the following message on a yellow bar at the top of the window:

> [@](#):
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> The website wants to run the following add-on: “QuickTimeCheck Scriptable Object” from “Apple Computer, Inc (unverified publisher)”. If you trust the website and the add-on and want to allow it to run, click here…

So what’s the deal?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-trying-to-run-quicktime-each-time-i-open-a-thread/368833/2 "2006-08-15T17:04:49Z")

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It’s not coming from us; we have no QuickTime content on the board.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-trying-to-run-quicktime-each-time-i-open-a-thread/368833/3 "2006-08-15T18:10:05Z")

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Never mind, I think I fixed it. Apparently there was an add-on that was trying to run something. I disabled it and the message isn’t coming up anymore. You can close this if you want.