how do I block websites?

[mrdevious]

I was wondering if anybody can tell me how to block websites from being opened. I went into internet options, and added the domain name into "restricted sites", yet when I test-typed it in, the site still came up no problem. I also put the site name into "privacy, sites, block" in the internet options, but same problem. the only time I ever managed to do it before I actually had to set some setting where you must type in a user name and password every single time I went in to a site, which of course is a big pain. any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[flamingskullballs]

you know...im really not sure...why dont you ask jeeves?

[BobBong]

i know i know!

[mrdevious]

you know...im really not sure...why dont you ask jeeves?

I was under the impression askjeeves was just another search engine. I already tried to find an answer with altavista and google.

is there something different about askjeeves?

[andy704]

no, not really. i was just getting ready to make the same exact thread.. for Internet Explorer

[Omun]

Just edit your host file to redirect you to 127.0.0.1 when you you type in that url. It's kind of a dirty way of doing things but it works :) In windows the host file is located C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc there it's called hosts.

[andy704]

and how do you do that?

[Omun]

make a copy of it change the extension to .txt open it up in a text editor like notepad and have at it. like say you wanted to block out www.kazaa.com you would just add this line into your host file
127.0.0.1 www.kazaa.com that will make your computer be redirected back to your computer whenever somebody attempts to vist the kazaa website.

[ermitonto]

It works, trust me. I've had viruses use that host file to block out anti-virus websites. :mad:

[andy704]

and we change the extension by...

sorry im really slow at this

[Omun]

Okay well first in Windows Explorer go to Tools>Folder Options go to the View Tab and find the option that says "Hide Extensions of Known File Types" uncheck that I like it to show extensions so I also hit apply to all folders then Apply then OK. Then well you will notice that the host file doesn't even have an extension so just rename by Right clicking and then add .txt then when you are done editing your host file you just remove the .txt and place it back in that directory where it came from remove the original one. You may want to back it (the original one) up and place it somewhere else on your hard drive.

EDIT: okay well I guess you don't even need to do those first steps up there but yeah I just like windows to show file extensions its dumb that it doesn't by default. but yeah just rename it and add .txt