I solved this over a year ago... can't believe it's still giving people
trouble.
Alright, check it out -> you're able to install this
over itself. Steps:
1. Go to: http://www1.k9webprotection.com/ -in
fact even if you ctrl+alt+del and cancel the process, you can still get
here from the error page that pops up when you want to connect to the
internet.
2. Click Download K9 Today For Free
3. Fill out a
name and e-mail address (make your own b/f hand if you don't have a
personal one)
4. Click Request License -> you will be sent a
license number and download link to the specified e-mail address.
5. Log-in to e-mail, download and install k9 over the previous version
entering your license number, and choosing your own password for it (You
don't need to know the password for the old copy, as far as it's
concerned you are just reinstalling it).
6. You can now go to
add/remove programs, delete the program, when prompted for a password,
enter the one you just came up with and presto...
7. Now
for the kids who want to get smart w/ their parents, leave the k9
installed. It's a new version and only you know the password. That means
no1 can check on where you've been so you don't care if the process it
running - That's usually as far as a parent will check, believing that
it won't allow you to go to any wrong sites so long as it's up. ...And
when/if they do try to check where you have been, you can watch while
they get frustrated retyping their password wondering if they forgot it
or typed it in wrong originally. ...And they can't accuse you of
uninstalling something they thought was rock-solidly secure when it's
right there, process still running and everything.
On a more
serious note, you should be aware that if you connect to the Internet
through a modem (like most households), whoever the person who set your
connection up, (took it out of the box and connected/installed it on a
computer, they have the ability to look up the traffic logs that went
through that connection. So granted, by removing k9 it allows you to
manoeuvre wherever you want, but so long as you live under their house,
there still is the possibility that sum1 will be watching.
If your
parents are not tech savvy there is a way to change this by logging in
with a default password. Find your modem brand/provider. Google how to
access it (should just be http//<something>/ in search bar) and
what the default username/password it (usually admin::password), and
then go into the settings, change the password so only u can see the
logs w/e you want - don't come crying if you do something that requires
outside help to fix. However, if your parents weren't smart enough to
change the password they prob don't know about the logs so it won't
matter.
I tried it and when I clicked
download, it asked to reboot, but nothing happened; it still wanted the
old password. It didn't allow me to install it again; it didn't even ask
for my new license.
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