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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 2018-02-12

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.