| V-15500 | Medium | Third-party browser extensions must be disallowed. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will launch COM add-ons, known as browser helper objects such as toolbars. Browser helper objects may contain flaws such as... |
| V-15503 | Medium | Checking for signatures on downloaded programs must be enforced. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer checks for digital signatures (which identifies the publisher of signed software and verifies it has not been modified or... |
| V-15502 | Medium | Checking for server certificate revocation must be enforced. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will check revocation status of servers' certificates. Certificates are revoked when they have been compromised or are no longer... |
| V-15504 | Medium | All network paths (UNCs) for Intranet sites must be disallowed. | Some UNC paths could refer to servers not managed by the organization which means they could host malicious content and therefore, it is safest to not include all UNC paths in the Intranet Sites... |
| V-15507 | Medium | Script-initiated windows without size or position constraints must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage restrictions on script-initiated pop-up windows and windows including the title and status bars. If you enable this policy setting, Windows Restrictions... |
| V-15509 | Medium | Scriptlets must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether scriptlets can be allowed. Scriptlets hosted on sites located in this zone are more likely to contain malicious code. If you enable this policy... |
| V-6262 | Medium | Logon options must be configured to prompt (Internet zone). | Users could submit credentials to servers operated by malicious people who could then attempt to connect to legitimate servers with those captured credentials. Care must be taken with user... |
| V-6260 | Medium | Clipboard operations via script must be disallowed (Internet zone). | A malicious script could use the clipboard in an undesirable manner, for example, if the user had recently copied confidential information to the clipboard while editing a document, a malicious... |
| V-6267 | Medium | Java Permissions must be configured with High Safety (Intranet zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-22171 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes Restrict ActiveX Install must be enforced (Reserved). | Users often choose to install software such as ActiveX controls that are not permitted by their organization's security policy. Such software can pose significant security and privacy risks to... |
| V-15508 | Medium | Script-initiated windows without size or position constraints must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage restrictions on script-initiated pop-up windows and windows including the title and status bars. If you enable this policy setting, Windows Restrictions... |
| V-15518 | Medium | Java permissions must be disallowed (Locked Down Trusted Sites zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-15519 | Medium | Java permissions must be disallowed (Locked Down Internet zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-15516 | Medium | Java permissions must be disallowed (Locked Down Local Machine zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-15517 | Medium | Java permissions must be disallowed (Locked Down Intranet zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-15515 | Medium | Java permissions must be disallowed (Local Machine zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-15513 | Medium | Automatic prompting for file downloads must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting determines whether users will be prompted for non user-initiated file downloads. Regardless of this setting, users will receive file download dialogs for user-initiated... |
| V-22108 | Medium | Managing SmartScreen Filter use must be enforced. | This setting is important from a security perspective because Microsoft has extensive data illustrating the positive impact the SmartScreen filter has had on reducing the risk of malware infection... |
| V-6297 | Medium | Accessing data sources across domains must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | The ability to access data zones across domains could cause the user to unknowingly access content hosted on an unauthorized server. This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet... |
| V-6294 | Medium | File downloads must be disallowed (Restricted Site zone). | Sites located in the Restricted Sites Zone are more likely to contain malicious payloads and therefore downloads from this zone should be blocked. Files should not be able to be downloaded from... |
| V-6295 | Medium | Font downloads must be disallowed (Restricted Site zone). | It is possible that a font could include malformed data that would cause Internet Explorer to crash when it attempts to load and render the font. Download of fonts can sometimes contain malicious... |
| V-6292 | Medium | ActiveX controls and plug-ins must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether ActiveX controls and plug-ins can be run on pages from the specified zone. ActiveX controls not marked as safe should not be executed. If you... |
| V-6293 | Medium | ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows management of whether ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting can interact with a script. If you enable this policy setting, script interaction can occur... |
| V-6290 | Medium | The Download unsigned ActiveX controls property must be disallowed (Restricted Site zone). | Unsigned code is potentially harmful, especially when coming from an untrusted zone. ActiveX controls can contain potentially malicious code and must only be allowed to be downloaded from trusted... |
| V-6291 | Medium | The Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe property must be disallowed (Restricted Site zone). | ActiveX controls not marked safe for scripting should not be executed. Although this is not a complete security measure for a control to be marked safe for scripting, if a control is not marked... |
| V-6298 | Medium | The Allow META REFRESH property must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | It is possible that users will unknowingly be redirected to a site hosting malicious content. Allow META REFRESH must have level of protection based upon the site being browsed. This policy... |
| V-6301 | Medium | Functionality to drag and drop or copy and paste files must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | Content hosted on sites located in the Restricted Sites zone are more likely to contain malicious payloads and therefore this feature should be blocked for this zone. Drag and drop or copy and... |
| V-15569 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for Zone Elevation must be enforced (Explorer). | Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page it opens that are dependent upon the location of the web page (such as Internet Zone, Intranet Zone, or Local Machine Zone). Web pages on a... |
| V-15568 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MK protocol must be enforced (Reserved). | The MK Protocol Security Restriction policy setting reduces attack surface area by blocking the seldom used MK protocol. Some older web applications use the MK protocol to retrieve information... |
| V-6302 | Medium | Installation of desktop items must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | Active Desktop items could contain links to unauthorized websites or other undesirable content. It is prudent to prevent users from installing desktop items from this security zone. Installation... |
| V-15563 | Medium | The URL to be displayed for checking updates to Internet Explorer and Internet Tools must be about:blank. | This policy setting allows checking for updates for Internet Explorer from the specified URL, included by default in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to... |
| V-15562 | Medium | Scripting of Java applets must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether applets are exposed to scripts within the zone. If you enable this policy setting, scripts can access applets automatically without user... |
| V-15561 | Medium | .NET Framework-reliant components signed with Authenticode must be disallowed to run (Restricted Site Zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether .NET Framework components that are signed with Authenticode can be executed from Internet Explorer. These components include managed controls... |
| V-22636 | Medium | .NET Framework-reliant components signed with Authenticode must be disallowed to run (Internet Zone). | It may be possible for someone to host malicious content on a website that takes advantage of these components. This policy setting allows you to manage whether .NET Framework components that are... |
| V-15566 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MIME handling must be enforced (IExplore). | Internet Explorer uses Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) data to determine file handling procedures for files received through a web server. The Consistent MIME Handling\Internet... |
| V-15565 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MIME handling must be enforced (Explorer). | Internet Explorer uses Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) data to determine file handling procedures for files received through a web server. The Consistent MIME Handling\Internet... |
| V-15564 | Medium | The update check interval must be configured and set to 30 days. | Although Microsoft thoroughly tests all patches and service packs before they are published, organizations should carefully control all of the software that is installed on their managed... |
| V-6281 | Medium | The Java Permissions must be set with High Safety (Trusted Sites zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-6289 | Medium | The Download signed ActiveX controls property must be disallowed (Restricted Site zone). | ActiveX controls can contain potentially malicious code and must only be allowed to be downloaded from trusted sites. Signed code is better than unsigned code in that it may be easier to... |
| V-15579 | Medium | Crash Detection must be enforced. | The Turn off Crash Detection policy setting allows you to manage the crash detection feature of add-on management in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, a crash in Internet... |
| V-22688 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes Restrict ActiveX Install must be enforced (IExplore). | Users often choose to install software such as ActiveX controls that are not permitted by their organization's security policy. Such software can pose significant security and privacy risks to... |
| V-15570 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for Zone Elevation must be enforced (IExplore). | Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page it opens that are dependent upon the location of the web page (such as Internet Zone, Intranet Zone, or Local Machine Zone). Web pages on a... |
| V-15571 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for restricting pop-up windows must be enforced (Explorer). | Internet Explorer allows scripts to programmatically open, resize, and reposition various types of windows. Often, disreputable web sites will resize windows to either hide other windows or force... |
| V-15572 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for restricting pop-up windows must be enforced (IExplore). | Internet Explorer allows scripts to programmatically open, resize, and reposition various types of windows. Often, disreputable web sites will resize windows to either hide other windows or force... |
| V-22687 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes Restrict ActiveX Install must be enforced (Explorer). | Users often choose to install software such as ActiveX controls that are not permitted by their organization's security policy. Such software can pose significant security and privacy risks to... |
| V-15525 | Medium | First-Run Opt-In ability must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting controls the First Run response that users see on a zone-by-zone basis. When a user encounters a new control that has not previously run in Internet Explorer, they may be... |
| V-6304 | Medium | Navigating windows and frames across different domains must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | Frames navigating across different domains are a security concern, because the user may think they are accessing pages on one site while they are actually accessing pages on another site. It is... |
| V-6307 | Medium | Userdata persistence must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | Userdata persistence must have level of protection based upon the site being accessed. This policy setting allows you to manage the preservation of information in the browser's history, in... |
| V-22635 | Medium | .NET Framework-reliant components not signed with Authenticode must be disallowed to run (Internet Zone). | Unsigned components may have a greater chance of including malicious code and it is more difficult to determine the author of the application, therefore they should be avoided if possible. This... |
| V-22634 | Medium | Status bar updates via script must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether script is allowed to update the status bar within the zone. A script running in the zone could cause false information to be displayed on the... |
| V-22637 | Medium | Scriptlets must be disallowed (Restricted Site zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether scriptlets can be allowed. Scriptlets hosted on sites located in this zone are more likely to contain malicious code. If you enable this policy... |
| V-6303 | Medium | Launching programs and files in IFRAME must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether applications may be run and files may be downloaded from an IFRAME reference in the HTML of the pages in this zone. Launching of programs in IFRAME... |
| V-22638 | Medium | Status bar updates via script must be disallowed (Restricted Site zone). | A script running in the zone could cause false information to be displayed on the status bar, which could confuse the user and cause an undesirable action. This policy setting allows you to... |
| V-6308 | Medium | Active scripting must be disallowed (Restricted Sites Zone). | Active scripts hosted on sites located in this zone are more likely to contain malicious code. Active scripting must have a level of protection based upon the site being accessed. This policy... |
| V-6309 | Medium | Clipboard operations via script must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | A malicious script could use the clipboard in an undesirable manner, for example, if the user had recently copied confidential information to the clipboard while editing a document, a malicious... |
| V-15522 | Medium | Loose XAML files must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | These are eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) files. XAML is an XML-based declarative markup language commonly used for creating rich user interfaces and graphics that leverage the... |
| V-3428 | Medium | Internet Explorer must be configured to disallow users to change policies. | Users who change their Internet Explorer security settings could enable the execution of dangerous types of code from the Internet and web sites listed in the Restricted Sites zone in the browser.... |
| V-3429 | Medium | Internet Explorer must be set to disallow users to add/delete sites. | This setting prevents users from adding sites to various security zones. Users should not be able to add sites to different zones, as this could allow them to bypass security controls of the... |
| V-3427 | Medium | Internet Explorer must be configured to use machine settings. | Users who change their Internet Explorer security settings could enable the execution of dangerous types of code from the Internet and web sites listed in the Restricted Sites zone in the browser.... |
| V-15604 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MIME sniffing must be enforced (IExplore). | MIME sniffing is the process of examining the content of a MIME file to determine its context — whether it is a data file, an executable file, or some other type of file. This policy setting... |
| V-6253 | Medium | Functionality to drag and drop or copy and paste files must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Content hosted on sites located in the Internet zone are likely to contain malicious payloads and therefore this feature should be blocked for this zone. Drag and Drop or copy and paste files must... |
| V-6250 | Medium | Accessing data sources across domains must be disallowed (Internet zone). | The ability to access data zones across domains could cause the user to unknowingly access content hosted on an unauthorized server. Access to data sources across multiple domains must be... |
| V-15560 | Medium | .NET Framework-reliant components not signed with Authenticode must be disallowed to run (Restricted Site Zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether .NET Framework components that are not signed with Authenticode can be executed from Internet Explorer. These components include managed controls... |
| V-6256 | Medium | Navigating windows and frames across different domains must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Frames that navigate across different domains are a security concern, because the user may think they are accessing pages on one site while they are actually accessing pages on another site. It is... |
| V-6255 | Medium | Launching programs and files in IFRAME must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether applications may be run and files may be downloaded from an IFRAME reference in the HTML of the pages in this zone. Launching of programs in IFRAME... |
| V-6259 | Medium | Userdata persistence must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Userdata persistence must have level of protection based upon the site being accessed. This policy setting allows you to manage the preservation of information in the browser's history, in... |
| V-7007 | Medium | Java Permissions must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-6311 | Medium | Logon options must be configured and enforced (Restricted Sites zone). | Users could submit credentials to servers operated by malicious people who could then attempt to connect to legitimate servers with those captured credentials. Care must be taken with user... |
| V-15603 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MIME sniffing must be enforced (Explorer). | MIME sniffing is the process of examining the content of a MIME file to determine its context — whether it is a data file, an executable file, or some other type of file. This policy setting... |
| V-22149 | Medium | Deleting web sites that the user has visited must be disallowed. | This policy prevents users from deleting the history of web sites the user has visited. If you enable this policy setting, web sites the user has visited will be preserved when the user clicks... |
| V-22148 | Medium | Browser must retain history on exit. | Delete Browsing History on exit automatically deletes specified items when the last browser window closes. Disabling this function will prevent users from deleting their browsing history, which... |
| V-15545 | Medium | Allow binary and script behaviors must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage dynamic binary and script behaviors; components that encapsulate specific functionality for HTML elements to which they were attached. If you enable this... |
| V-15546 | Medium | Automatic prompting for file downloads must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting determines whether users will be prompted for non user-initiated file downloads. Regardless of this setting, users will receive file download dialogs for user-initiated... |
| V-6245 | Medium | The Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe property must be disallowed (Internet zone). | ActiveX controls that are not marked safe scripting should not be executed. Although this is not a complete security measure for a control to be marked safe for scripting, if a control is not... |
| V-15549 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MIME sniffing must be enforced (Reserved). | MIME sniffing is the process of examining the content of a MIME file to determine its context — whether it is a data file, an executable file, or some other type of file. This policy setting... |
| V-15548 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MIME handling must be enforced (Reserved). | Internet Explorer uses Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) data to determine file handling procedures for files received through a web server. The Consistent MIME Handling\Internet... |
| V-15527 | Medium | Protected Mode must be enforced (Internet zone). | Protected mode protects Internet Explorer from exploited vulnerabilities by reducing the locations Internet Explorer can write to in the registry and the file system. If you enable this policy... |
| V-15526 | Medium | First-Run Opt-In ability must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting controls the First Run response that users see on a zone-by-zone basis. When a user encounters a new control that has not previously run in Internet Explorer, they may be... |
| V-6243 | Medium | The Download signed ActiveX controls property must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Active X controls can contain potentially malicious code and must only be allowed to be downloaded from trusted sites. Signed code is better than unsigned code in that it may be easier to... |
| V-15524 | Medium | MIME sniffing must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage MIME sniffing for file promotion from one type to another based on a MIME sniff. A MIME sniff is the recognition by Internet Explorer of the file type... |
| V-15523 | Medium | MIME sniffing must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage MIME sniffing for file promotion from one type to another based on a MIME sniff. A MIME sniff is the recognition by Internet Explorer of the file type... |
| V-6244 | Medium | The Download unsigned ActiveX controls property must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Unsigned code is potentially harmful, especially when coming from an untrusted zone. This policy setting allows you to manage whether users may download unsigned ActiveX controls from the zone. If... |
| V-15521 | Medium | Loose XAML files must be disallowed (Internet zone). | These are eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) files. XAML is an XML-based declarative markup language commonly used for creating rich user interfaces and graphics that leverage the... |
| V-15520 | Medium | Java permissions must be disallowed (Locked Down Restricted Sites zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-6249 | Medium | The Java Permissions must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Java applications could contain malicious code; sites located in this security zone are more likely to be hosted by malicious people. This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java... |
| V-6248 | Medium | Font downloads must be disallowed (Internet zone). | Download of fonts can sometimes contain malicious code. It is possible that a font could include malformed data that would cause Internet Explorer to crash when it attempts to load and render the... |
| V-15529 | Medium | Pop-up Blocker must be enforced (Internet zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether unwanted pop-up windows appear. Pop-up windows that are opened when the end user clicks a link are not blocked. If you enable this policy setting,... |
| V-15528 | Medium | Protected Mode must be enforced (Restricted Sites zone). | Protected mode protects Internet Explorer from exploited vulnerabilities by reducing the locations Internet Explorer can write to in the registry and the file system. If you enable this policy... |
| V-22154 | Medium | Launching programs and unsafe files property must be set to prompt (Internet zone). | This policy setting controls whether or not the “Open File – Security Warning” prompt is shown when launching executables or other unsafe files. If you do not configure this policy setting, users... |
| V-22155 | Medium | ActiveX controls without prompt property must be used in approved domains only (Internet zone). | This policy setting controls whether or not the user is prompted to allow ActiveX controls to run on web sites other than the web site that installed the ActiveX control. If the user were to... |
| V-22156 | Medium | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Filter must be enforced (Internet zone). | The Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Filter is designed to prevent users from becoming victims of unintentional information disclosure. This setting controls if the Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Filter... |
| V-22157 | Medium | Scripting of Internet Explorer Web Browser Control must be disallowed (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting controls whether a page may control embedded WebBrowser Controls via script. Scripted code hosted on sites located in this zone are more likely to contain malicious code. If... |
| V-22150 | Medium | InPrivate Browsing must be disallowed. | InPrivate Browsing lets the user control whether or not Internet Explorer saves the browsing history, cookies, and other data. User control of settings is not the preferred control method. The... |
| V-22152 | Medium | Scripting of Internet Explorer web browser control property must be disallowed (Internet zone). | This policy setting controls whether a page may control embedded WebBrowser Controls via script. Scripted code hosted on sites located in this zone are more likely to contain malicious code. If... |
| V-22153 | Medium | When uploading files to a server, the local directory path must be excluded (Internet zone). | This policy setting controls whether or not the local path information will be sent when uploading a file via a HTML form. If the local path information is sent, some information may be... |
| V-22158 | Medium | When uploading files to a server, the local directory path must be excluded (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting controls whether or not the local path information will be sent when uploading a file via a HTML form. If the local path information is sent, some information may be... |
| V-22159 | Medium | Launching programs and unsafe files property must be set to prompt (Restricted Site zone). | This policy setting controls whether or not the “Open File – Security Warning” prompt is shown when launching executables or other unsafe files. If you do not configure this policy setting, users... |
| V-15492 | Medium | Participation in the Customer Experience Improvement Program must be disallowed. | This setting controls whether users can participate in the Microsoft Customer Experience Improvement Program to help improve Microsoft applications. When users choose to participate in the... |
| V-15490 | Medium | Automatic configuration of Internet Explorer must be disallowed. | This setting specifies to automatically detect the proxy server settings used to connect to the Internet and customize Internet Explorer. This setting specifies that Internet Explorer use the... |
| V-15497 | Medium | Active content from CDs must be disallowed to run on user machines. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether users receive a dialog requesting permission for active content on a CD to run. If you enable this policy setting, active content on a CD will run... |
| V-15494 | Medium | Security checking features must be enforced. | This policy setting turns off the Security Settings Check feature, which checks Internet Explorer security settings to determine when the settings put Internet Explorer at risk. If you enable this... |
| V-15499 | Medium | Software must be disallowed to run or install with invalid signatures. | Microsoft ActiveX controls and file downloads often have digital signatures attached that certify the file's integrity and the identity of the signer (creator) of the software. Such signatures... |
| V-15552 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for Zone Elevation must be enforced (Reserved). | Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page it opens that are dependent upon the location of the web page (such as Internet Zone, Intranet Zone, or Local Machine Zone). Web pages on a... |
| V-15550 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MK protocol must be enforced (Explorer). | The MK Protocol Security Restriction policy setting reduces attack surface area by blocking the seldom used MK protocol. Some older web applications use the MK protocol to retrieve information... |
| V-15551 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for MK protocol must be enforced (IExplore). | The MK Protocol Security Restriction policy setting reduces attack surface area by blocking the seldom used MK protocol. Some older web applications use the MK protocol to retrieve information... |
| V-15556 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for Restrict File Download must be enforced (Reserved). | In certain circumstances, web sites can initiate file download prompts without interaction from users. This technique can allow web sites to put unauthorized files on user's hard drives if they... |
| V-15557 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for Restrict File Download must be enforced (Explorer). | In certain circumstances, web sites can initiate file download prompts without interaction from users. This technique can allow web sites to put unauthorized files on user's hard drives if they... |
| V-15558 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for Restrict File Download must be enforced (IExplore). | In certain circumstances, web sites can initiate file download prompts without interaction from users. This technique can allow web sites to put unauthorized files on users' hard drives if they... |
| V-15559 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for restricting pop-up windows must be enforced (Reserved). | Internet Explorer allows scripts to programmatically open, resize, and reposition various types of windows. Often, disreputable web sites will resize windows to either hide other windows or force... |
| V-30780 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for notification bars must be enforced (Explorer). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Notification bar is displayed for Internet Explorer processes when file or code installs are restricted. By default, the Notification bar is... |
| V-30781 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for notification bars must be enforced (IExplore). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Notification bar is displayed for Internet Explorer processes when file or code installs are restricted. By default, the Notification bar is... |
| V-15534 | Medium | Web sites in less privileged web content zones must be disallowed to navigate into the Restricted Site zone. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether web sites from less privileged zones, such as Restricted Sites, can navigate into this zone. If you enable this policy setting, web sites from less... |
| V-15530 | Medium | Pop-up Blocker must be enforced (Restricted Sites zone). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether unwanted pop-up windows appear. Pop-up windows that are opened when the end user clicks a link are not blocked. If you enable this policy setting,... |
| V-15533 | Medium | Web sites in less privileged web content zones must be disallowed to navigate into the Internet zone. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether web sites from less privileged zones, such as Restricted Sites, can navigate into this zone. If you enable this policy setting, web sites from less... |
| V-22161 | Medium | Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Filter property must be enforced (Restricted Site zone). | The Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Filter is designed to prevent users from becoming victims of unintentional information disclosure. This setting controls if the Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Filter... |
| V-22160 | Medium | ActiveX controls without prompt property must be used in approved domains only (Restricted Site zone). | This policy setting controls whether or not the user is prompted to allow ActiveX controls to run on web sites other than the web site that installed the ActiveX control. If the user were to... |
| V-30777 | Medium | Automatic checking for Internet Explorer updates must be disallowed. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer checks the Internet for newer versions. When Internet Explorer is set to do this, the checks occur approximately every 30 days,... |
| V-30776 | Medium | Suggested Sites functionality must be disallowed. | This policy setting controls the Suggested Sites feature, which recommends sites based on the user's browsing activity. Suggested Sites reports a user's browsing history to Microsoft to store and... |
| V-30775 | Medium | Browser Geolocation functionality must be disallowed. | This setting has a small impact on user privacy because users may unknowingly allow their browser to share location data with web sites that they visit. The value of enabling this setting is... |
| V-30774 | Medium | Add-on performance notifications must be disallowed. | This policy setting prevents Internet Explorer from displaying a notification when the average time it takes to load all the user's enabled add-ons exceeds the threshold. The notification informs... |
| V-30779 | Medium | Internet Explorer Processes for notification bars must be enforced (Reserved). | This policy setting allows you to manage whether the Notification bar is displayed for Internet Explorer processes when file or code installs are restricted. By default, the Notification bar is... |
| V-30778 | Medium | ActiveX opt-in prompt must be disallowed. | This policy setting allows you to turn off the ActiveX opt-in prompt. The ActiveX opt-in prevents Web sites from loading any COM object without prior approval. If a page attempts to load a COM... |
| V-17296 | Medium | First Run Customize settings must be enabled as home page. | This policy setting prevents performance of the First Run Customize settings ability and provides central management controls of what web page will be provided to the user when they launch... |
| V-21887 | Medium | Configuring History setting must be set to 40 days. | This setting specifies the number of days that Internet Explorer keeps track of the pages viewed in the History List. The delete Browsing History option can be accessed using Tools, Internet... |
| V-14245 | Low | Ability for users to enable or disable add-ons must be enforced. | Users often choose to install add-ons that are not permitted by an organization's security policy. Such add-ons can pose a significant security and privacy risk to your network. This policy... |
| V-3430 | Low | Internet Explorer must be configured to make Proxy settings per user. | This setting controls whether or not the Internet Explorer proxy settings are configured on a per-user or per-machine basis. If you enable this policy, users cannot set user specific proxy... |
| V-22147 | Low | Updates to web site lists from Microsoft must be disallowed. | This policy controls the web site compatibility lists provided by Microsoft. If you enable this policy setting, the compatibility web site lists provided by Microsoft will be used during browser... |
