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Kerio Control Web Filter Is Not Activated Categorization Is Disabled Hot Jun 2026

| | Typical Symptom | |-----------|----------------------| | Expired or missing license | Web Filter shows "Not Activated" in Dashboard; grace period ended. | | DNS resolution failure | Kerio Control cannot resolve update.gfi.com or category cloud servers. | | Firewall rules blocking the appliance itself | Local policy prevents Kerio Control from outbound HTTPS (port 443). | | Corrupted local cache | Database files for categories are damaged. | | Proxy mode misconfiguration | Using transparent proxy on a non-standard port without proper SSL interception. | | Time/date sync issue | Certificate validation fails if system time is incorrect. | | Version-specific bug | Known issues in older releases (e.g., 9.2.x, 9.3.x). |

Set your custom DNS forwarding servers for *.zvelo.com to ( 1.1.1.1 ) or OpenDNS ( 208.67.222.222 ). Avoid using only Google DNS (8.8.8.8) as it can sometimes cause these authorization failures. | | Corrupted local cache | Database files

The error "Web Filter categorization is disabled" usually occurs when Kerio Control determines the categorization service (provided by ) is unreliable due to failed DNS checks | | Version-specific bug | Known issues in older releases (e

to disable the reliability check and restart the service: | | Corrupted local cache | Database files

Kerio Control Web Filter Is Not Activated Categorization Is Disabled Hot Jun 2026

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| | Typical Symptom | |-----------|----------------------| | Expired or missing license | Web Filter shows "Not Activated" in Dashboard; grace period ended. | | DNS resolution failure | Kerio Control cannot resolve update.gfi.com or category cloud servers. | | Firewall rules blocking the appliance itself | Local policy prevents Kerio Control from outbound HTTPS (port 443). | | Corrupted local cache | Database files for categories are damaged. | | Proxy mode misconfiguration | Using transparent proxy on a non-standard port without proper SSL interception. | | Time/date sync issue | Certificate validation fails if system time is incorrect. | | Version-specific bug | Known issues in older releases (e.g., 9.2.x, 9.3.x). |

Set your custom DNS forwarding servers for *.zvelo.com to ( 1.1.1.1 ) or OpenDNS ( 208.67.222.222 ). Avoid using only Google DNS (8.8.8.8) as it can sometimes cause these authorization failures.

The error "Web Filter categorization is disabled" usually occurs when Kerio Control determines the categorization service (provided by ) is unreliable due to failed DNS checks

to disable the reliability check and restart the service: