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Assessment Title
Rule Text
The Internet File Association service must be turned off.
Description
Discussion Text
Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system.
This setting prevents unhandled file associations from using the Microsoft Web service to find an application.
This setting prevents unhandled file associations from using the Microsoft Web service to find an application.
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