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Is ctldl.windowsupdate.com legit?
Is ctldl.windowsupdate.com legit? It seems malicious on VT. I have came across in the logs: "svchost.exe has initiated a HTTP connection to http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/sta...
Updated Windows 10/11 etc doco for authrootstl.cab and disallowedcertstl.cab can be found at
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-cs/certificate-trust#automatic-certificate-trust-list-updates
Applies to: Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Local 2311.2 and later