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Point your web browser to What do you want to protect
2. Click on the [Get K9 Now] link.
3. Fill out the simple form to complete the license request
and click [Request License].
4. Your K9 Web Protection license will be emailed to you
shortly. You will need this key to install the K9 software.
there are two methods you can try.
Method 1
If you have the administrator account password for the local computer and the best way to uninstall K9 web filter from the local computer is to re-install it! Re-install k9 web protection will simply get you a new license code and a new password you can enter without the need of old password.
1.Open K9 web protection website
2.Click "get K9 NOW" tab on the top-left
3.Fill out the information and your email.
4.Download the K9 Web protection software from the link included in the email and keep a copy of the license.
5.Grab a version of the K9 web protection installed on your computer, a Google search should do the job.
6.Open "Task Manager" by press (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) and end the process K9filter found in the "Process" tab.
7.Now, you can safely delete the K9 web protection program files. Open computer explorer and go to the folder where K9 is originally installed. It can be found mostly at C:\Program Files/Blue Coat k9 Web Protection.
8.Remove the contents of the folder but not the folder.
9.Run the K9 web protection setup/installer file which has the same version as the one you just delete
10.Provide the license and create your new password
11.Point the installation folder to the same folder you just empty the contents earlier on
12.Now you can have a re-installed K9 web protection with a password you know.
How do you uninstall K9 web protection now? Use the new password you just created
If something goes wrong, install the K9 web protection program downloaded from Step 4.
Method 2
Reboot Windows into safe mode: restart your computer and hold "F8? key until you see the menu to choose "Safe Mode"
Login to windows and go to "Program Files" directory and delete the K9 folder manually (delete only the contents but leave the folder)
Click "Start"->"Run" and type "msconfig"
Check the tab "Services" and tab "Startup"
Un-check anything that is related to k9
If somehow this method is messed up, try to download K9 again to at least restore your previous installation.
If this still does not work, try to install Revo Uninstaller.
Here is a video tutorial
K9 Web Protection is a software installed on your computer to block certain images or websites. It is a Parental Control software that manages website, images, text contents to be blocked on a computer.
In order for you to get rid of the block, you will need to disable the K9 software or to uninstall it completely.
Please follow the instructions below to uninstall K9 Web Protection. Make sure you are connected to the internet before uninstalling K9 so your license can be released. If this is not possible, you can continue to uninstall, but you will need to request a new K9 license if you want to reinstall K9 in the future.
Click Start
Click Control Panel. If you can't see this option, it may be under "Settings"
Click Add or Remove Programs
Find Blue Coat K9 Web Protection in the list of programs and click it once.
Click the Change/Remove button.
Click Yes when you are asked whether you want to completely remove K9. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UNINSTALL WITHOUT A PASSWORD. By design, K9 will block all Internet access should one attempt to uninstall without using a password. Attempts to modify K9 at a registry level will have the same effect.
Enter your K9 administration password and click Uninstall. If you forgot your password, click the "Forgot Password..." link to have a temporary password emailed to you.
When asked whether to reboot your computer, click Yes
After rebooting, K9 will be completely uninstalled.
You can find many solutions over the net but dont try it else the internet will be blocked.. just ask for a new password and they will mail you... You need to click on forgot password.
I found this on superuser link at the bottom. No third party software required. Tested with K9 Web Protection version 4.4.268 on Windows Vista SP2 (32-bit). Confirmed by @stiemannkj1 to be working on Windows 7. Should also work on Windows 8.x.
Create a new text file. Copy and paste the following batch script code, then save:@echo off set keys=^ "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Blue Coat Systems"^ "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\k9filter.exe"^ "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Blue Coat K9 Web Protection"^ "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bckd"^ "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\bckwfs" REM remove registry keys for %%G in (%keys%) do reg delete "%%~G" /f >nul set folders=^ "%programfiles%\Blue Coat K9 Web Protection"^ "%programdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Blue Coat K9 Web Protection" REM remove folders for %%G in (%folders%) do rd /s /q "%%~G" set files=^ "%windir%\System32\drivers\bckd.sys" REM remove files for %%G in (%files%) do del "%%~G" pause exit /b
Right-click the .cmd file and select Run as administrator from the context menu. Wait for the batch script to finish.
Start regedit.exe and navigate to the following registry key:
<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_BCKD
Right-click the LEGACY_BCKD key and select Permissions from the context menu. Click Advanced and select the Owner tab. Then select Administrators from the owner list, tick the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects option, and then click OK. Then select Everyone and tick the Allow checkbox for the Full Control permission. Click OK, right-click the key and finally choose Delete.
This is a totally safe way to remove k9 web protection without a password
1.) Go to http://www1.k9webprotection.com and click on the "get license" tab on the left
2.) fill that out and get the license from your email address
3.) In the email there will be a link to download k9 or just type this into the address bar http://www.k9webprotection.com/download/k9-webprotection.exe
You'll need this to reinstall k9 just incase you mess something up
4.) Download an older version of k9 web protection
I used K9 Web Protection 3.2.36 which you can download from the following link
http://www.shinedownload.com/software/K9-Web-Protection/665.html
5.) Access the task manager (ctrl + alt + del), go to the "process" tab, find "k9filter" and end this process
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 something
6.) 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 itself
7.) Run the installer for the older version of k9
at this point you'll enter your license and create a password
8.) Install it in the folder you emptied earlier
9.) Now you can log on to k9 and change the filtering to whatever you please or just go ahead and uninstall it
Now you should be free of that horrible skank of a program
If not, then restart your computer. Or you can reinstall it from the installer you got from the k9 website, get on the internet, and email me at [email protected] and you and I will solve the problem
K9 may have fixed this bug by the time you read this (because that's what they do best) but as of June 24, 2009 k9 doesn't stand a chance of torturing us with their nearly impossible-to-remove garbage any longer.
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