Due to various technical reasons, Safe Surfer for Windows does not support running alongside some apps. There are two categories of apps: incompatible apps, and unsupported apps. As of app version 1.3.1, Safe Surfer will attempt to detect these apps, and if it finds any, it will warn you during installation.

Incompatible apps

Incompatible apps are apps that directly interfere with how Safe Surfer works on Windows. If you attempt to install protection with one of the following apps, Safe Surfer will refuse to install protection until the applicable apps have been uninstalled.

Incompatible antivirus apps

RAV Endpoint Protection (breaks Safe Surfer's scripting systems)

Unsupported apps

Unsupported apps are apps that do not directly interfere with Safe Surfer, but for various reasons we can't provide support for running Safe Surfer alongside these apps.

Unsupported VPN apps

We don't support most VPN apps, as they are generally designed to bypass network filtering. If you choose to disable Windows VPN features during the protection installation, most VPN apps will be completely unable to operate (as intended).

Unsupported antivirus apps

We don't support some antivirus apps (typically free ones), as they could inadvertently hijack your filtering experience. The built-in Windows antivirus is usually better than the following products, so if the device you're protecting has one of the following products installed, we recommend uninstalling it. We suggest considering a good paid antivirus, such as ESET, and a good web browser blocker extension, such as uBlock Origin.

AVG
Avast
Avira
Norton
McAfee

Unsupported web browser apps

We don't support any web browsers published by Opera, because they don't support Chromium policies, which is a technology we need to provide the best protection experience. We fully support most other web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox.

Opera
Opera Air
Opera GX

Updated on: 19/02/2025