What is the inetpub folder that’s suddenly appeared on Windows 11 systems?

If you’ve installed the updates for Windows 11 released by Microsoft earlier this week, you may have noticed several things. Firstly, you likely found that several bugs have been fixed but, secondly, new problems have been introduced. Thirdly, you may be one of many people to install the KB5055523 update for Windows 11 and then found that a strange folder called “inetpub” has appeared. What’s the story here? See also: Quite what is happening is not yet clear; Microsoft has said nothing about the folder. It is, as Bleeping Computer points out, related to the Internet Information Services (IIS), but you… [Continue Reading]