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 antivirus apps

• RAV Endpoint Protection

RAV Endpoint Protection breaks core features of how Safe Surfer works on Windows. This causes installation to fail, along with breaking various protection features. We suggest considering a good paid antivirus, such as ESET, and a good web browser blocker extension, such as uBlock Origin.

Incompatible web browser apps

• Aloha Browser

Aloha Browser doesn't support Chromium policies, which is a technology we need to provide the best protection experience. It also contains a Tor networking feature specifically designed to bypass network filtering.

Unsupported 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.

Unsupported antivirus apps

• AVG AntiVirus
• Avast Antivirus
• Avira Security
• McAfee
• Norton 360 (and Norton AntiVirus)
• TotalAV

We don't support some antivirus apps (typically free ones), as they might inadvertently hijack your filtering experience. The built-in Windows antivirus is usually better, so if the device you're protecting has one of the above 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.

Unsupported web browser apps

• AVG Secure Browser (GenDigital)
• Avast Secure Browser (GenDigital)
• Avira Secure Browser (GenDigital)
• CCleaner Browser (GenDigital)
• DuckDuckGo (Microsoft Store version; standalone browser version)
• Norton Private Browser (GenDigital)
• Opera
• Opera Air
• Opera GX

We don't support web browser apps from GenDigital, DuckDuckGo (that is, the app; the search engine itself inside supported browser apps is fine), or any web browsers published by Opera. These browser apps 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.

Updated on: 05/07/2025