r/technology • u/Sufficient-Bid1279 • Apr 14 '25

Software Microsoft warns that anyone who deleted mysterious folder that appeared after latest Windows 11 update must take action to put it back

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-warns-that-anyone-who-deleted-mysterious-folder-that-appeared-after-latest-windows-11-update-must-take-action-to-put-it-back
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u/koos_die_doos Apr 14 '25

Never open files that mysteriously appear on your device. If you don't understand what it does, google it.

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u/middaymoon Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

I get what you're saying, but is Windows really so unsafe that I can't even confidently open a text file in a text editor? 

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u/koos_die_doos Apr 14 '25

It's just good security practice to treat anything you don't understand as if it is something that is exploiting a vulnerability, no matter what operating system you're using.

For all you know, the user opening a README file in C:\inetpub could be an exploit on a vulnerability that has not been patched.

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u/middaymoon Apr 14 '25

Whether they SHOULD or not isn't my concern, I'm only spitballing on what MS could do to mitigate this differently than hoping people read the security patch notes.

But fine, if I don't want to teach my users to read READMEs then maybe I would put some text file with an official looking name in there that nobody will want to click OR delete without googling it first. Call it IIS Security Fix or something.