[COMMUNICATED] In May 2016 Symantec bought Blue Coat, the parent company of K9 Web Filter. On May 1, 2018, K9 posted on their website that they are no longer supporting the K9 Filter. They write “Effective May 1, 2018, K9 Web Protection for Organizations is no longer available for purchase. Note that support will continue to be provided for existing customers until current subscriptions end… K9 has been acquired by Symantec Corporation, which makes Norton Security.”
If you are a K9 user your computer is no longer safe with the most updated filtering protection.
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The exact quote from the K9 website reads “Protect Your Organization! Effective May 1, 2018, K9 Web Protection for Organizations is no longer available for purchase. Note that support will continue to be provided for existing customers until current subscriptions end. K9 Web Protection will also continue to be available for free home and personal use.” Therefore the information above does not apply to the standard K9 download for personal use.
NOT TRUE. They are only discontinuing the paid business subscriptions. They are continuing to provide the free version as before.
Okay. I get it. It’s an ad. Hatzlacha Rabbah!
Deceptive advertising or misleading?
Netspark is certainly better than K9 (YouTube is commonly open when using K9 filter, no matter how hard you try to block it in the K9 settings). That said, Netspark for Windows doesn’t come close to NativUSA and Gentech in overall performance. If you want to try a lower-priced filter with more lenient settings, definitely give it a try.
TLS, please switch this from PSA: to Communicated:
It’s an ad. Labeling it as anything else is deceptive. Thank you.
It does say “Communicated” at the beginning of the article. However the ad itself is deceptive as they selectively quote only part of the statement from the K9 website.