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AppAware makes it simple to block applications like Discord, uTorrent, Facebook Messenger, and TeamViewer, without chasing thousands of domains. Instead of blocking domains one by one, you can block an entire app, app category, or full ecosystem in a single step.
Once enabled, AppAware adds its own column in Query Logs and provides a dedicated reporting dashboard so you can track and manage blocked requests.
This video was produced in 2022 and is technically accurate, but our app design and the location of some of these functions have changed.
Block an application using AppAware
Follow these steps to block an application and/or application category.
- From the DNSFilter dashboard, navigate to Policies and select Filtering
- Select an existing policy to update or Add Policy to create a new policy
- Select the AppAware tab
- Select the app or app category to block. Toggle all that apply
- Select Save Policy to complete the update
Attempts to view a blocked domain affiliated with the application receive block page notifications. If the application is already installed on a user's device, the user will no longer be able to use the app.
What is the Ecosystem Applications category?
Applications in this category are separated by application ecosystem because they share associated domains necessary to block an application.
As a result, when an ecosystem is blocked, all applications within the ecosystem will be blocked, and the ecosystem will appear in reporting and the Query Log together.
AppAware block priority
Applications blocked with AppAware take priority over the following:
- Block List
- FirstSight Feature (uncategorized domains)
- Blocked categories
Remember that the Allow List takes ultimate priority.
For example, if the Box application is blocked in AppAware, but box.com is on the Allow List, users will be able to access box.com, and the Box application will likely function in some capacity.
Blocked apps and app categories
Navigate through these options in the DNSFilter dashboard via the search bar, filter toggles, and drop-down menus.
Beta
The Beta category lists applications currently in beta release. Selecting these apps may not provide full control of the applications or may cause unexpected behavior during filtering.
We recommend testing in a limited environment before full deployment.
Business
- Slack
- Likee
- Grammarly
Cybersecurity
- Shodan
Ecosystem Applications
- Amazon
- Apple
- Cisco
- LogMeIn
- Microsoft
File sharing
- 4shared
- BitTorrent Client
- Box
- Dropbox
- Fastdrive
- FileFactory
- Leechers Paradise
- MediaFire
- Mega
- NZB.su
- OpenTrackr
- ShareFile
- Syncplicity
- Syncthing
- The Pirate Bay
- torrent.eu.org
- UsenetServer
- uTorrent
- Xender
- Zer0day Tracker
Financial
- Ethermine
- Flypool BEAM
- Flypool Ravencoin
- Flypool Ycash
- Flypool Zcash
GenAI & ML
- Anyword AI
- Beautiful.ai
- CharacterAI
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- DeepSeek
- Jasper
- Perplexity
- Suno
- GMX
- Hushmail
- ProtonMail
- SendGrid
- Thunderbird
- Yahoo Mail
Messaging
- Discord
- Disqus
- Facebook Messenger
- ICQ
- Kakao Talk
- KIK
- Pushover
- Roblox
- Rocket.Chat
- Signal
- Snapchat
- Tencent Cloud
- TikTok
- Zalo
Portal
- Baidu
- Daum
- Hao123
- Mail.Ru
- So 360
- Sogou
- Sohu
- TouTiao
- Yahoo
Remote desktop
- Anydesk
- Jump Desktop
- RealVNC
- RemotePC
- RustDesk
- UltraViewer
Technology
- GitLab
VoIP/Conferencing
- 3CX
- Blue Jeans Network
- Houseparty
- Jive Communications
- LINE
- RingCentral
- TeamViewer
- Telegram
- Telehop
- Twilio
- Viber
- VoIP.ms
- Voyant
- Zoom Video
VPN and proxy
- Apple iCloud Private Relay (DNSFilter automatically blocks some Apple iCloud Private Relay domains)
- CyberGhost VPN
- Hide.me VPN
- Hola VPN
- NordVPN
- Surfshark
- Zscaler
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