A recent Windows security update that creates an ‘inetpub’ folder has introduced a new weakness allowing attackers to prevent the installation of future updates. After people installed this ...

A few weeks ago, we reported that a mysterious folder called “inetpub” appeared on numerous Windows PCs after one of the April updates was installed on them. The initial impression was that ...

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Microsoft later explained that the inetpub folder is important for Windows security because it was created to patch the CVE-2025-21204 vulnerability.In short, the folder is there to bump up system ...

On Windows 11, following the April 2025 security update KB5055523 and the update KB5055518 for Windows 10, users have reported a new and unexpected "inetpub" folder empty in the root of the "C ...

Recently, we covered how the inetpub is an important Windows folder and you shouldn’t delete it for security reasons. Turns out, its existence is a security vulnerability on its own. Yes, it’s really ...

Read more If you recently discovered Microsoft’s official, yet mysterious ‘inetpub’ folder in your system and deleted it because it was empty, there’s some bad news for you. When asked, Microsoft ...

After the April update, a mysterious “Inetpub” folder appeared under Windows. Microsoft said that it was part of a security fix. Ironically, this fix is probably creating a new gap that enables all ...

Turns out Microsoft's latest patch job might need a patch of its own, again. This time, the culprit is a mysterious inetpub folder quietly deployed by Redmond, now hijacked by a security researcher to ...