Blue Coat's K9 WebProtection

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IS IT FREEWARE?

Free for Home use, but License Key needed that can be obtained thru a simple registration using only your email ID.

 

WHERE IS THE WEBSITE AT?

http://www.k9webprotection.com/

http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

 

IS THE DOWNLOAD LINK EASY TO FIND?

Yes

 

IF THE DOWNLOAD LINK IS HARD TO FIND, INCLUDE IT.

http://www1.k9webprotection.com/getk9/download-software.php

 

WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM IS IT?

Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection is a content filtering solution for your home computer. Its job is to provide you with a family-safe Internet experience, where YOU control the Internet content that enters your home

 

WHAT VERSIONS OF WINDOWS ARE REQUIRED?

Win2K, XP, Vista and Beta version for Mac.

 

DOES IT REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE? (LIKE .NET)

No.

 

IS IT A LARGE OR SMALL DOWNLOAD?

Small download of 234K.

 

IS IT AN EASY PROGRAM TO INSTALL?

Yes.

 

DOES IT COME WITH AN UNINSTALLER?

Yes.

 

WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?

Thru Google.

 

WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

Yes.

 

WHAT ARE YOU USING IT FOR?

The very purpose that it was developed for ;)

 

WHAT WERE YOU USING BEFORE YOU FOUND THIS?

Nothing.

 

HAS IT SOLVED A PROBLEM YOU WERE HAVING?

Yes indeed :)

 

WHAT PROBLEMS HAS IT CAUSED?

None, so far.

 

IS THE PROGRAM EASY TO USE?

Very easy.

 

DOES IT COME WITH HELP FILES?

Control Centre is web-based with exhaustive online help.

 

WHAT FEATURES DO YOU LIKE OR NOT LIKE?

All though all the features are good but I specially like the feature where you are given an option to unblock a site temporarily for few minutes if you have the password.

 

WHAT FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY OR CHANGED?

Every time a visitor tries to open a restricted page an alert mentions the reason for blockage. User should be given an option to either display this error message or simply block the page without displaying the reason.