Title

The Windows Help Experience Improvement Program must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting ensures the Windows Help Experience Improvement Program is disabled to prevent information from being passed to the vendor.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Assistance\Client\1.0\ Value Name: NoImplicitFeedback Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication Settings -> "Turn off Help Experience Improvement Program" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-48261r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-16021

Group Title: Help Experience Improvement Program

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