Turn off Managing SmartScreen Filter property is not properly set.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22108	DTBI740	SV-25697r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
Internet Explorer 8 STIG	2014-07-03

Details

Check Text ( C-27158r1_chk )
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: If the value EnabledV8 is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-27158r1_chk )

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: If the value EnabledV8 is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-23253r1_fix)
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.