Sunday, December 26, 2010

Block Website in Windows without any additional Software


There are three different methods to block websites in windows 7 without installing any additional software.

Method 1: Use Parental Control
Method 2: Use Content Advisor in Internet Options. Go to Internet Options . You should see a "Content" tab; click it and configure it and add sites to block and set content advisor password
This method will only be useful if you are using Internet Explorer as a browser.

Method 3 : This is the simple and easy method to block any site in windows 7.
The best way to do this is by telling windows to resolve wrong ip address ( e.g. 127.0.0.1) for particular site which you want to block . Follow below steps to do so.

Step1 : Go to Start--> All Programs--> Accessories--> Right Click on " Notepad " and click on " Run as Administrator ". This will open Notepad with administrative privilege.

Step2 : From the Notepad , click File--> Open-> point to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file and click on Open.

Step3 : At the bottom of the file, add the line as shown below for each site which you want to block.
127.0.0.1 website3.com

Step4 : Once you are done with above, Save and close the file.

Now sites which you listed in hosts file will no longer be accessible on that computer.

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Sumit

1 comment:

  1. Use Opendns and see how it can block the malware traffic. Make some videos and upload on youtube....that would be great......K@u$h@L

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