Title

Downloading of game update information must be turned off. (Cat III 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 will prevent the system from downloading game update information from Windows Metadata Services.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameUX\ Value Name: GameUpdateOptions Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Game Explorer -> "Turn off game updates" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-48477r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-21974

Group Title: Turn Off Game Updates

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