Add-on performance notifications must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-46821	DTBI745-IE11	SV-59687r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
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 the user that add-ons are slowing their browsing and displays a button which opens the Disable Add-ons dialog box. The Disable Add-ons dialog box displays the load time for each group of add-ons enabled in the browser. It allows the user to disable add-ons and configure the threshold. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be notified when the average time it takes to load all the user's enabled add-ons exceeds the threshold.

Description

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 the user that add-ons are slowing their browsing and displays a button which opens the Disable Add-ons dialog box. The Disable Add-ons dialog box displays the load time for each group of add-ons enabled in the browser. It allows the user to disable add-ons and configure the threshold. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be notified when the average time it takes to load all the user's enabled add-ons exceeds the threshold.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-49909r2_chk )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> 'Turn off add-on performance notifications' must be 'Enabled'. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext Criteria: If the value "DisableAddonLoadTimePerformanceNotifications" is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-49909r2_chk )

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> 'Turn off add-on performance notifications' must be 'Enabled'. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext Criteria: If the value "DisableAddonLoadTimePerformanceNotifications" is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-50567r1_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> 'Turn off add-on performance notifications' to 'Enabled'.