diff --git a/service/process/profile.go b/service/process/profile.go
index 8217aa9b..4ade9a0d 100644
--- a/service/process/profile.go
+++ b/service/process/profile.go
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ func (p *Process) IsPortmasterUi(ctx context.Context) bool {
 			// For example:
 			//   There may be cases where a system browser is launched from the Portmaster UI,
 			//   making it a child of the Portmaster UI process (e.g., user clicked a link in the UI).
+			//   In this case, the parent process tree may look like this:
+			//       Portmaster.exe
+			//       ├─ WebView  (PM UI)
+			//       │   └─ WebView (PM UI child)
+			//       └─ System Web Browser ...
+			//
 			// To ensure that 'p' is the actual Portmaster UI process, we check for the presence
 			// of the 'PORTMASTER_UI_WEBVIEW_PROCESS' environment variable in the process and its parents.
 			// If the env var is set, we are a child (WebView window) of the Portmaster UI process.
@@ -146,11 +152,16 @@ func (p *Process) IsPortmasterUi(ctx context.Context) bool {
 				return true // We are a WebView window of the Portmaster UI process.
 			}
 			// The process was launched by the Portmaster UI, but should not be trusted as the Portmaster UI process.
-			log.Tracer(ctx).Warning(fmt.Sprintf("process: %d '%s' is a child of the Portmaster UI, but does not have the PORTMASTER_UI_WEBVIEW_PROCESS environment variable set. Ignoring.", p.Pid, p.Path))
+			log.Tracer(ctx).Warningf("process: %d '%s' is a child of the Portmaster UI, but does not have the PORTMASTER_UI_WEBVIEW_PROCESS environment variable set. Ignoring.", p.Pid, p.Path)
 			return false
 		}
 
 		// Check if the process has the environment variable set.
+		//
+		// It is OK to check for the existence of the environment variable in all
+		// processes in the parent chain (on all loop iterations). This increases the
+		// chance of correct detection, even if a child or grandchild WebView process
+		// did not inherit the environment variable for some reason.
 		if _, ok := proc.Env["PORTMASTER_UI_WEBVIEW_PROCESS"]; ok {
 			hasPmWebviewEnvVar = true
 		}
diff --git a/service/profile/special.go b/service/profile/special.go
index b7674668..cfff90bc 100644
--- a/service/profile/special.go
+++ b/service/profile/special.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func createSpecialProfile(profileID string, path string) *Profile {
 				// possibly made by the internal WebView implementation —
 				// are blocked.
 				CfgOptionDefaultActionKey:      DefaultActionBlockValue,
-				CfgOptionBlockScopeInternetKey: true,
+				CfgOptionBlockScopeInternetKey: false, // This is stronger than the rules, and thus must be false in order to access safing.io.
 				CfgOptionBlockScopeLANKey:      true,
 				CfgOptionBlockScopeLocalKey:    true,
 				CfgOptionBlockP2PKey:           true,