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4.10.20.1.5 (L1) Ensure 'Turn off Internet download for Web publishing and online ordering wizards' is set to 'Enabled'

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Information

This policy setting controls whether Windows will download a list of providers for the Web publishing and online ordering wizards.

The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled

Although the risk is minimal, enabling this setting will reduce the possibility of a user unknowingly downloading malicious content through this feature.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Enabled

Administrative Templates\System\Internet Communication Management\Internet Communication settings\Turn off Internet download for Web publishing and online ordering wizards

Impact:

Windows is prevented from downloading providers; only the service providers cached in the local registry are displayed.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/21767

Item Details

References: CSCv7|7.4

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 3bfa93575d9347efb52d23caf8c54c5ad8d69969f2ee0ade1d4f388f3797993b