SurfControl

SurfControl is a popular commercial web filter designed to monitor, manage and filter the Internet content, prevent users from visiting potentially harmful web resources, prohibit unauthorized usage of e-mail, file sharing software and instant messengers. SurfControl is made to protect the network from malicious spywares and dangerous user activity. It is a powerful and fully legitimate product.

However, sometimes SurfControl can do more harm than good. When improperly configured, the software may restrict access to secure legitimate web sites, PC game resources, e-mail services, information portals and other popular Internet resources.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to bypass SurfControl. The application usually runs on a remote server that manages numerous clients - user PCs. The user doesn't have any utilities to disable SurfControl. The software can be uninstalled only by the computer administrator who has sufficient privileges to access and manage the server. Nevertheless, there are few known ways to bypass SurfControl: