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Best practices to block mouse mover software
Employers have a common concern with productivity when employees are working remotely A common occurrence with remote working is having employees fake mouse and keyboard movements to avoid getting an “idle” or “away” status with related work apps. ...
QUIC Explained – some websites not being blocked on Google Chrome
In Google Chrome, the Internet traffic on some special Google websites alternates between UDP and TCP to improve browsing speed. At the moment, BrowseControl can’t control the Internet from the UDP port. Affected websites: Google.com Youtube.com 1) ...
Update the URL Filter with multiple websites
Administrators can make changes to multiple groups through the BrowseControl Allowed and Blocked lists; rather than having to add each link to the singular groups. This feature makes your administrative changes more efficient and less clunky. ...
Does BrowseControl work with proxy servers?
Yes, BrowseControl is compatible with other proxy servers on your network. Make sure your proxy port is added to BrowseControl’s Port Filter and set the permission to “HTTPS Filter“. From the left-hand menu select BrowseControl. Choose the More ...
Adding Outlook or Office 365 to the Allowed List
When you are using BrowseControl’s URL Filter or Category Filter to block the Internet, but you want your users to have access to Outlook or Office 365 directly or through single-sign on, you will need to add the following entries to your Allowed ...
Web Filtering Technologies
BrowseControl provides distinct web filtering technologies to safeguard your end users against unauthorized website access and to restrict downloads and uploads activities. Advanced HTTPS Filtering UIA Hybrid (Mix of 4 and 5) WFP LSP The default ...
Reset winsock layers to fix Internet loss issues
If you are unable to access any websites after installing BrowseControl on your client computers please conduct the recommended steps below to reset your network layers Reset the Network Winsock Layers Go to Start Menu > type in CMD In the search bar ...
Adding Gmail to the Allowed List
When you are using BrowseControl’s URL Filter or Category Filter to block the Internet, but you want your users to have access to Gmail, you will need to add the following entries to your Allowed List. google. googleapis. googleusercontent. gstatic. ...
How do I verify my client computers are getting the latest BrowseControl filtering policies?
As an Administrator it is easier than ever to keep track of all your CurrentWare Clients block lists. You can internally audit the lists to ensure any changes you make are updated across your fleet of clients. The Web Filter Client Update Logs will ...
Allow users to request access to blocked websites
You can enable a quick link that will allow your users to inform you of a website getting blocked via email that they need access to. Enable the request access email link for URL Blocks Open the CurrentWare web console Go to BrowseControl on the ...
My users cannot access a website that is on the Allowed list
Is a website in your allowed list still being blocked or is not displaying properly on your browser? Are you trying to identify what websites BrowseControl is blocking? Other URLs that are required for the website to load may still be blocked. ...
How do I restrict Internet access but still allow access to our local Intranet?
If you are using BrowseControl to block all websites and whitelist specific websites with your allowed list, you can add local intranets to the allowed list as well. To do so, enter the hostname or IP Address of the Intranet page into the allowed ...
Block Windows 10 search bar
1. On the web console, go to Settings > BrowseControl > click on the “Modify Filtering List” button Add searchapp.exe to the filtering list In BrowseControl, add bing.com to the URL Filter’s Blocked list OR add search engines to the Categories ...
How do I look up a website’s category?
You can block websites based categories with BrowseControl’s frequently updated database of over 100 URL categories using the URL Category Filtering feature This method is best used to block a large number of websites based on defined categories that ...
Using Timer and Internet Quota to set time limits
BrowseControl can set Internet limits to your client computers based on time and usage with its Timer and Internet Quota features. Related: Using the Internet Scheduler to customize internet restrictions during office hours Timer The Timer feature ...
Schedule Internet restrictions during office hours
Using the Internet Scheduler With Browsecontrol, you can schedule specific times of the day to allow Internet access or set other types of Internet restrictions Administrators can choose from 4 different Internet restriction options on the scheduler ...
Control file types with file filter
BrowseControl can prevent browsers from loading content, uploading and downloading files with its File Filter feature. The File Filter is a list based on categories of file extensions that the administrator can allow or deny the users from ...
Block network ports
You can block access to network ports with BrowseControl. BrowseControl has the ability to control network protocol ports with its Port Filter. Administrators can easily enable or disable network ports on the network by adding the ports to the Port ...
Block malicious websites
BrowseControl web filtering solution has the ability to block websites that your users visit such as malicious sites. With BrowseControl’s Category Filter, you can select categories of websites you wish to block. URL Category Filtering is a feature ...
Block Windows applications
With BrowseControls application blocker, you can prevent .exe files from running on your computers. Using the application blocker, you can block Windows applications such as cloud storage applications, games, and more. How to Block Your Users From ...
BrowseControl Filter Configuration – Best Practices
Here are some quick tips that are best practices when dealing with your BrowseControl filtering setup: URL Filtering List (Allow & Block Lists) When adding URLs there are automatically wildcards(*) before and after the entries. Entering “site.com” ...
Locally reclassify website categories
You can easily locally reclassify website domains If you want to have it set as a different classification for your local BrowseControl – Category Filtering and your BrowseReporter reports. Found a domain that’s incorrectly classified? Submit a ...
Block websites by categories
You can block websites based categories with BrowseControl’s frequently updated database of over 100 URL categories using the URL Category Filtering feature. This method is best used to block a large number of websites based on defined categories ...
Set different Internet policies for different users
BrowseControl allows you to set different Internet policies to different groups of computers or users. The management console allows you to create group folders to set separate policies amongst different computers or users. Creating new folders to ...
Whitelisting allowed websites
In this article you will learn how to whitelist websites with BrowseControl’s URL Allow List. Just as with the URL Block List, when you whitelist websites with the Allow List you can control internet access based on groups of users or computers. This ...
How do I Control Internet access with BrowseControl
With BrowseControl website access permissions can be customized for your network based on the user or machine used to access the website, giving you a flexible solution for blocking websites across your network. You will first need to install the ...
What is BrowseControl?
BrowseControl is an internet restriction software that prevents access to unlawful, distracting, inappropriate, or unsafe sites on any internet browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc). BrowseControl can also block applications from running on ...