The inetpub folder in Windows 11 can be easily hacked to allow DoS attack. Here's a simple solution to keep your PC safe ...

The mysterious "inetpub" folder keeps making headlines, and one security expert says it might be more risk than remedy.

If you're a Windows 11 users, the empty inetpub that recently appeared on your computer isn't malicious—it is actually ...

On Windows, Microsoft created the inetpub folder to fix a security vulnerability, so it's not a bug, and you shouldn't delete ...

That certainly sounds like a glitch that needed to be patched. The problem is that Microsoft failed to communicate why the ...

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 ...

Canny Windows users who've spotted a mysterious folder on hard drives after applying last week's security patches for the ...

Figures from StatCounter indicate that the percentage of Windows 10 usage has now dipped below 60% for the first time with 58.7% of global users running the system as of February 2025. Meanwhile, ...

But on top of all that, users have spotted a new and rather curious phenomenon: after installing KB5055523 and restarting Windows 11, a new folder called inetpub suddenly appears in the C ...

Microsoft has warned that deleting the 'inetpub' folder can let hackers permanently block Windows updates on your PC.

Update 4/11: Microsoft has now confirmed that the inetpub folder is created as part of a security update. More information in this article. The Windows April 2025 updates are strangely creating an ...