Trojan Horse detected

My BitDefender antivirus software detected the following:
File c:\program files\quicktime\qttask.exe
infected with Trojan.Generic.72005
Program has been installed for some time. Occurred on last boot. Anybody else have this happen? Any info would be appreciated.

Heres my reply from bulguard
Dear BullGuard User,
Thank you for submitting your scan report.
The log shows that BullGuard has found several infected files on your computer (Trojan.Generic.72005). At the moment, we are still analyzing these files, as it seems this detection may be a false positive (a legitimate component that is mistakenly identified as being infected). Thus far, all information indicates that these files are legitimate, but testing them has not been completed yet. Either way, you need not worry, as BullGuard keeps them blocked.
Given the above, I will kindly ask you to ignore these detections for the moment and, as soon as testing is complete, we will release an update that will instruct the Antivirus on how to handle these files (as infections or as legitimate files).
Thank you for your understanding.
Seems that it isnt something to worry about, they'll send an update to ensure bullguard doesnt see it as a threat.Its probably just something new that it didnt like. But they're looking into it at least
Hope that helps

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