Microsoft’s recent April 2025 patch cycle for Windows 10 and Windows 11 has sparked a wave of both intrigue and concern across the IT community due to the unexpected appearance of the “inetpub” folder on users’ system drives, usually the C: drive. This folder, historically associated with...
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Microsoft, in its quest to fortify Windows 11 against cunning update-hijackers, has—ironically—gifted users with a shiny new security headache in the form of the C:\inetpub folder. If you’re scratching your head, don’t worry; so is half the Windows community. Once an arcane haunt for web server...
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