The Windows 8 default Skype app must be removed from the system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-43303	WN08-GE-000054	SV-56056r3_rule		Medium

Description
Some Windows 8 default apps provide links to external services and must be removed from the system.

STIG	Date
Windows 8/8.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-02-27

Details

Check Text ( C-66279r1_chk )
Verify the Skype app has been removed from the system. Open a command prompt as an administrator. Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages". If "DisplayName : Microsoft.SkypeApp" is listed, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-71667r1_fix)
Remove the Skype app from the system. Open a command prompt as an administrator. Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages". Make note of the PackageName (e.g., Microsoft.SkypeApp_2013.805.1159.2246_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c). Enter the following to remove the app package from the system: "dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:packagename", substituting "packagename" noted from the previous step. Uninstall the application from any user profiles provisioned prior to this.

Fix Text (F-71667r1_fix)

Remove the Skype app from the system.
Open a command prompt as an administrator.
Enter "dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages".
Make note of the PackageName (e.g., Microsoft.SkypeApp_2013.805.1159.2246_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c).
Enter the following to remove the app package from the system: "dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:packagename", substituting "packagename" noted from the previous step.
Uninstall the application from any user profiles provisioned prior to this.