Turn off Managing SmartScreen Filter property is not properly set.

Part of DTBI740 - Managing SmartScreen Filter

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-25697r1_rule Turn off Managing SmartScreen Filter property is not properly set.

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This setting allows users to enable the SmartScreen Filter, which then warns if a Web site being visited is known for fraudulent attempts to gather personal information through "phishing" or is known to host malware.

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The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> “Turn off Managing SmartScreen Filter” will be set to “Enabled” and “Off”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter Criteria: Set the value EnabledV8 to REG_DWORD = 0.

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