How to Block Websites

DingdongbubbleDingdongbubble Member Posts: 105 ■■□□□□□□□□
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Well i am asking this question as a home user not for those racks and racks of routers. How can I block certain websites form being viewed on a computer? Lets say like specific unsafe websites which I can choose on my own. A person I know off wants to get this done. I will give more details later but for the time being please tell me some basic and possible methods.
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  • cisco_troopercisco_trooper Member Posts: 1,441 ■■■■□□□□□□
    you could put those sites in the hosts file, bypassing DNS resolution of those sites.

    This won't stop a savvy user, especially if they know the IP address of the site they want to hit.
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  • MishraMishra Member Posts: 2,468 ■■■■□□□□□□
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  • DingdongbubbleDingdongbubble Member Posts: 105 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Whats a hosts file? The person isnt tech savvy lol. I tried ot explain blocking IP addresses on their router and she replied tell me like I am a 4 year old.
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  • cisco_troopercisco_trooper Member Posts: 1,441 ■■■■□□□□□□
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
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  • DingdongbubbleDingdongbubble Member Posts: 105 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Ok she just wants to block one single website and shes right behind an ADSL modem. The modem is an Aztech one. Can I use the hosts file to block that one website no matter how I connected to the internet?
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Why are you trying to block the sites? i.e. minors viewing inappropriate content, to prevent malware, ect.

    You can download preconfigured hosts files.
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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    Dingdongbubble wrote:
    Well i am asking this question as a home user not for those racks and racks of routers. How can I block certain websites form being viewed on a computer? Lets say like specific unsafe websites which I can choose on my own. A person I know off wants to get this done. I will give more details later but for the time being please tell me some basic and possible methods.

    Aside from setting up a proxy, using some type of content filter, you could modify your hosts file I know spybot does that when you install it. Also if you download Spyware terminator they have an add-on called webcrawler which is a toolbar that will prompt you when a site in know to malicious. I've had good success with it so far.
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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    Dingdongbubble wrote:
    Ok she just wants to block one single website and shes right behind an ADSL modem. The modem is an Aztech one. Can I use the hosts file to block that one website no matter how I connected to the internet?

    For that in the hosts file put this

    127.0.0.1[tab here] sitedomainname.com
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  • DingdongbubbleDingdongbubble Member Posts: 105 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Thanks I will tell her that. I will let you know if it works.
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  • undomielundomiel Member Posts: 2,818
    opendns.com is also a good and cheap (free) way of setting up some simple filtering.
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  • DingdongbubbleDingdongbubble Member Posts: 105 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Ok done it. Thanks everyone. Now this will come in handy later on too. Can you tell me where you found this stuff out? Like how did you know about the Hosts file?
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  • cisco_troopercisco_trooper Member Posts: 1,441 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Experience. :)

    There is also Google.
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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    cisco_trooper wrote:
    Experience. :)

    There is also Google.

    Yup...the key to any answer follows in that order :D
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  • DingdongbubbleDingdongbubble Member Posts: 105 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Thanks everyone. She got anotehr solution before i could tell her this. But this did help ME though. Now I know about this. Thanks.
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  • brad-brad- Member Posts: 1,218
    You might could enable the content filter and password protect it.
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  • snadamsnadam Member Posts: 2,234 ■■■■□□□□□□
    cisco_trooper wrote:
    Experience. :)

    There is also Google.



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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=183433#183433
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