Computer security researchers have been left scratching their heads after applying Microsoft’s latest raft of Patch Tuesday updates. As highlighted by Will Dormann on Mastodon, April’s updates to Windows 10 and 11 have left some unexpected detritus on the C:\ drive; An empty ‘inetpub’ folder has been left behind by the update process.
The errant inetpub folder concerned Dormann, who reacted with a “LOLWUT,” as this folder is associated with systems with Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) installed. IIS is a web server platform with a long history of security vulnerabilities.
