Kerio Control Web Filter Is Not Activated Categorization Is Disabled Hot Page

When this issue occurs, your Content Filter rules fail, users face unexpected network disconnections, and your organization is left exposed to malicious web content. Because Kerio Control relies on external partners like Zvelo to continuously tag websites, any disruption in licensing, DNS resolution, or service reliability triggers an automatic protective shutdown of the filtering module.

If you are running version 9.5.0 and experiencing the performance issues, disabling the GFI AppManager can provide immediate, albeit temporary, relief.

When Kerio Control evaluates web traffic, it checks a dynamic global database to categorize and either allow or block URLs based on your internal rules. If this connection breaks, the firewall disables categorization to keep internet traffic flowing, rather than blocking the web entirely. When this issue occurs, your Content Filter rules

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Troubleshooting Kerio Control: "Web Filter is Not Activated, Categorization is Disabled" Error When Kerio Control evaluates web traffic, it checks

When you see or “Categorization is disabled” in Kerio Control (now GFI Kerio Control), it means the URL filtering feature cannot check websites against its cloud-based category database. Without categorization, the firewall cannot block or allow sites based on content type (e.g., social media, adult content, streaming).

[Client Request] ---> [Kerio Control] ---> (Is domain *.zvelo.com?) | +-------------------------+-------------------------+ | Yes | No v v [Forward to Cloudflare 1.1.1.1] [Standard ISP/Local DNS] Troubleshooting Kerio Control: "Web Filter is Not Activated,

This error is a critical red flag. It means your content filtering engine is offline. For businesses relying on Kerio Control for productivity, compliance, and security, disabled categorization turns your expensive UTM appliance into a basic NAT router.

: By default, Kerio Control attempts to revert the Web Filter to normal operation after if the connection stabilizes. support.keriocontrol.gfi.com Fix for Persistent "Disabled" Status

Execute the following command to disable the reliability check: ./tinydbclient "update SiteFilter set DetectReliability=0" . Restart the service: /etc/boxinit.d/60winroute restart .

Web Filter categorization disabled. Serial number: ko-197974