it isnt she is watching any adult content or anything its just that she gets addicted to these stupid websites like hi5 and friendster and makes the whole world her "friend"
and lets out her personal details due to which she has gotten into trouble in the past
she is only 10 and i cant stop her from accessing the internet
so is there any way by which access to certain websites can be prevented
2006-09-23 20:55:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You can set up blocked websites in tools> internet options> privacy>sites....
OR:
Tools> internet options> security>restricted sites> sites...
There is also a content advisor that can be enabled with a password which would probably block most of these websites:
go to Tools> internet options> content> enable....
2006-09-23 21:03:22 · answer #1 · answered by *ღ♥۩ THEMIS ۩♥ღ* 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you use another browser that doesn't have a tool that allows you to block websites, or if you don't have virus software or a firewall that allows you to block specific websites you can try the following:
Find your hosts file which is usually in C:\Windows(or Winnt)\system32\drivers\etc
Make a copy of it and call it hosts_old (very important step in case you have to recover your original file)
Right click on the original hosts file and select properties.
Unclick the read-only attribute so that you can save the changes
Click okay and then open the original hosts file with notepad
Under where it says
127.0.0.1 localhost
add the entry
127.0.0.1 www.hi5.com
127.0.0.1 www.friendster.com
you can add as many websites as you want
Save the hosts file when you are done adding the entries and close it
Right click on the hosts file and change the attribute property back to read-only
When she tries to access the site, the connection will be refused.
Make sure you don't let her know how you did it or don't let her see you do it. You don't want her messing with your system files.
I had to do this for a couple of sites that I don't want the kids to go on.
2006-09-24 16:43:30 · answer #2 · answered by Ragdoll 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is a way to block certain web sites on your computer. Go to your control panel & into the security option...click on internet options and it should take you to a list of several options, there's a place for trusted sites & untrusted sites. You can add myspace or hi5 to the list and she will not be able to acess those addresses from the computer.
2006-09-23 21:00:46 · answer #3 · answered by MTE 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is software availble to block websites such as cyberpatrol, netnanny. You can google for freeware version of these apps. Some ISPs provide similar software for free.
2006-09-23 21:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a software that blocks the sites like netnanny or something like that take care
2006-09-23 21:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by cookiemonster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a software that blocks the sites
2006-09-23 20:58:25 · answer #6 · answered by twitch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can got to internet properties ...and can restrict sites which you don want her to acess
2006-09-23 21:05:44 · answer #7 · answered by Wanna Know 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can add those site which u donno want that ur sis can suf in
web browers--->tools--->internet option--->security--->restricted site
keep on adding site in that cols...
or u can adjust the security level for ur sis in same tab...
hope it will help u.....
2006-09-23 21:02:15 · answer #8 · answered by sanzsin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not free , but it does have a trial offer.
netnanny.com
2006-09-23 20:58:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where are your parents?
2006-09-23 20:58:15 · answer #10 · answered by Alert! -10 Points 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋