Need GPO template to keep Bing Bar and Bing Desktop out of Microsoft Update

Due to geographical distribution we aren't (yet) able to leverage WSUS, and I'm constantly having to scrape Bing trash off client machines (along with Ask Spywarebar).  I've figured out a registry hack that disables Ask from piggybacking on Java updates
and am working on keeping McAfee from joining with Flash or Reader updates.  So now I need a good solid way to prevent Bing from pretending it's something useful and wasting resources.
Microsoft, you write this stuff.  Give us a proper way to manage it.  We need a solid reproducible way to keep all current and future versions of Bing junk from appearing in Microsoft Update.  It's not an "Update" to any installed software,
it's foistware, and by doing this you're violating any trust IT people might have had in your promise to clean up your act.

Hi Mike,
Sorry, as far as I know, there is no such group policy template.
Best regards,
Frank Shen

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