This will take you to a page that wants you to input a Web Protection license, you most likely won’t have to input anything, but if you need one, open a new tab or window, go to, and register for oneġ6. He doesnt even know who installed it in the first place so theres no way to find out the password.
This will take you to a page that will want you to input a password, put in the password you want and hit enterġ5. I already tried uninstalling it with the Add/Remove from windows and with ccleaner but it needs a password to uninstall.
On the next page, scroll down to solutions, click on the second link, and download the software that corresponds to your operating system.ġ3.Ěfter downloading the software, a box will appear on the bottom right hand corner, click on itġ4. This will take you to the Website, click Instant Support Articles, and click on the third link downġ2. Open internet browser, the screen will pop up with not respondingġ0.Ět the bottom of the screen, click on link that says (if problem persists, click here)ġ1. Go to Control Panel, Add and Remove Programs, uninstall programĩ. This opens Registry, find and expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, find and expand Software, find and delete Blue Coat Systemsħ. Go to My Computer, Local Disk, Program Files, find Blue Coat K9 Web Protection file and delete itĥ. Go to Start Menu, All Programs, delete K9 tabģ.Ĝtrl+Alt+Delete, will open task manager, go to processes, find k9filter.exe, click end processĤ. This is the way I found most successful, you HAVE to follow the steps.Ģ. K9 may have fixed this bug by the time you read this (because that's what they do best) but as of Jk9 doesn't stand a chance of torturing us with their nearly impossible-to-remove garbage any longer. Or you can reinstall it from the installer you got from the k9 website, get on the internet, and email me at and you and I will solve the problem Now you should be free of that horrible s***k of a program
Of course after this point you won't be able to get on the internet since you just tampered with the program so make sure you've got the license from your email, the k9 installer, the k9 installer for the older version, and these directions on your desktop or somethingĦ.) Go to the folder k9 is installed in ( C:\Program Files/Blue Coat k9 Web Protection/ is where it should be) and delete all the files in the folder, but not the folder itselfħ.) Run the installer for the older version of k9Īt this point you'll enter your license and create a passwordĨ.) Install it in the folder you emptied earlierĩ.) Now you can log on to k9 and change the filtering to whatever you please or just go ahead and uninstall it Open task manager, and kill the K9 Process. Search through them all (usually in non-plug and play drivers) for bckd. I used K9 Web Protection 3.2.36 which you can download from the following linkĥ.) Access the task manager (ctrl + alt + del), go to the "process" tab, find "k9filter" and end this process Right-click My Computer, then go to properties. You'll need this to reinstall k9 just incase you mess something upĤ.) Download an older version of k9 web protection This is a totally safe way to remove k9 web protection without a passwordġ.) Go to and click on the "get license" tab on the leftĢ.) fill that out and get the license from your email addressģ.) In the email there will be a link to download k9 or just type this into the address bar I've made it a goal to tackle this problem and after countless frustrating hours I've finally figured it out
Keep in mind this does not remove K9 from your system. Specify time out settings when K9 detects multiple blocked pages.
23 Blue Coat K9 Web Protection User Manual Specifying Blocking Effects The Blocking Effects page enables you to: Customize an alert when a page is blocked. I figured others might be in the same situation so I will share how I did it. Chapter 3: Configuring K9 Web Protection To remove a URL: 1. So I remoted into his system and hacked the system to stop K9. Unfortunately, as a of May 2019 development and support was discontinued by its parent company Symantec.
But he forgot that K9 limits what websites he can visit, and even worse he forgot his password for K9. Upgrade K9 Web Protection to CleanBrowsing K9 Web Protection is a content-control desktop application, developed by Blue Coat Systems, that empowered parents, schools and other organizations to protect children from spyware, malware, adult content and other risky interactions. One of my clients recently called me, and asked me how do I get rid of this K9 internet protection? Turns out his laptop was busted, so he took his kids laptop with him.