Inetpub
Microsoft shares script to restore inetpub folder you shouldn’t delete
Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help restore an empty ‘inetpub’ folder created by the April 2025 Windows security updates if deleted. As Microsoft previously warned, this folder helps mitigate a high-severity Windows Process Activation privilege escalation vulnerability. In April, after installing the new security updates, Windows users suddenly found that an empty C:\Inetpub folder was […]
Windows “inetpub” security fix can be abused to block future updates
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 month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates, Windows users suddenly found an “inetpub” folder owned by the SYSTEM account created in the root of the system drive, normally the C: drive. It […]