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The Windows 8 default Skype app must be removed from the system. (Windows 8.1)


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-43303 WN08-GE-000054 SV-56056r1_rule ECSC-1 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 2014-06-27

Details

Check Text ( C-49281r3_chk )
This requirement is NA for the initial release of Windows 8, which does not include the default Skype app.
It is applicable to Windows 8.1.

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-48885r3_fix)
This requirement is NA for the initial release of Windows 8, which does not include the default Skype app.
It is applicable to Windows 8.1.

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.