- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: March 19, 2007
- Total Downloads: 171,596
- Downloads last week: 1,062
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 213 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
For a free Internet filter, K9 Web Blocker does its job well, providing a broad collection of options for customizing your remote Web supervision needs.
To run the program, you must register on the Web site to get the free activation code. The control panel is accessible only through the Internet. Uninstalling requires removing the app from the Task Manager, then using its password to delete it from the Windows Control Panel, and finally, rebooting. Because the password gets sent to the e-mail account of the person who registered the program, it's possible that an enterprising user could disable K9 on a shared computer.
Despite those drawbacks, K9 comes with a handful or so of predesigned filters and an option to customize. With more than 50 categories for organizing Web sites, and the keyword-free proprietary K9 rating system, the Web monitoring and blocking aspects of the software functioned well. K9 also has categories for blocking sites that have been detected as potential malware threats. Equally impressive, and a little bit scary, was the log that detailed not just blocked Web sites but also every Web site visited.
K9 Web Blocker is a good, free program for those who are concerned solely with Web surfing, but the lack of a chatware filter leaves some holes for predation.
Publisher's description
From Blue Coat Systems :K9 Web Protection is easy-to-use Parental Control and Internet filtering software that helps parents protect their children online. K9 Web Protection has the ability to block adult, porn and other offensive content, prevent spyware infections, and monitor visited sites on any Internet access connection (AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Earthlink). Based on commercial-grade Web filtering controls from Blue Coat Systems, K9 Web Protection is unique among content filters and it is free for home use. K9 can be configured as a porn blocker, a spyware stopper, a gambling filter or various other configurations based on our over 55 Web categories.
Version 3.2.36 includes the social networking category, Windows Vista compatibility, and improved administration tools.
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User reviews of K9 Web Protection 3.2.36
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 213 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: K9 Web Protection 3.2.36
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: K9 Web Protection 3.2.36
Pros: this program really do the job
Cons: free registration through the website required with valid email address
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: K9 Web Protection 3.2.36
"I really like but falls on one...ONLY ONE!"
Pros: This is the most effective web blocker I've ever used since 2007. It can block porns, ads and dangerous websites. User friendly. Set it and forget it. It is password protect and you only need to register this software even though it is free for identification purposes.
Cons: I dont like the fact that when I search images on yahoo, the images icon is viewable. Thus browsing using safe search off and searching for some stuffs that was tagged in relation with some malicious stuffs will show still on the computer screen!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: K9 Web Protection 3.2.36
"SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE, and FREE!"
Pros: Works as advertised; easy to use; and FREE!
Cons: Nothing - I first tried a product rated higher by download.com (that is, rated higher by the EDITORS - the last time I make that mistake), but then smartened up and followed the USERS' advice.
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Version: K9 Web Protection 3.2.36
"Great for Online, what about offline?"
Pros: Just great product. works with all browser. blocks perfectly, plus it blocks Google or Live Image search result don't sucks like Kaspersky or others.
Cons: It's great. But i'm still with Windows Vista Parental Control caz it doesn't block Games or other explicit offline content like Windows Vista Parental Control. These features should be added with this suite.
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