how can i block a certian web site?

Answer 1

You can easily block a certain site, i.e. myspace.com by adding it to your restricted site list. Here is how:

Internet Explorer version 5 and later offer the ability for heighten security and privacy. You can block a site by following the directions below:

1. Load your Internet explorer
2. Click Tools
3. Click Internet Options
4. Click the Privacy tab
5. Under the Privacy window, Click Sites
6. Type in the site address that you want to Block and Click OK. Remember this technique only blocks on one site at a time. Parental control software will allow you to block multiple sites and categories.

For more advanced site blocking tips. Check out the link below. Hope this helps!
http://www.delete-computer-history.com/how-to-block-a-website.html

Answer 2

Depends why you want to block the site. Is it to stop a child viewing it? Ie it could be porn or violence, if so you could install software such as NetNanny or Cyberpatrol which blocks inappropriate content.

If its just one site then there are a few ways to do this. There should be a way to make this site not trusted in Security settings in Internet Explorer. Another way is to alter your routing table so that the route to the host for the site is an unreachable ip address

e.g. route add www.badsite.com gateway 1.1.1.1

Answer 3

It depends on how much you want to block. Do you want to block access to the website completely or do you just want to block certain content on the website (e.g. javascript, java, activeX...). The latter is easy while the former requires a little more work. If you want completely block a website then the best thing is to edit the Hosts file on your computer. It is not terribly hard but there are a number of steps. If you want to just block certain content then I suggest you change your web browser preferences. For example, if you use IE, you can turn on the content advisor. Get back to me on what exactly you want to do.

Answer 4

You can easily and effectivily block access to a website by adding it to your Windows HOSTS file. (Yes, Hosts is capitalised for some strange reason).

1.Go to your HOSTS file which is located at:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for windows Vista and XP
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for Windows 2k
C:\WINDOWS for Windows 98 and ME

2. Open HOSTS with Notepad.

The default Windows HOSTS looks like this:
______________________

# Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a "#" symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
_____________________________

3. Directly under the line that says 127.0.0.1 Localhost, you will want to type:

127.0.0.1 name of the URL you want to block

For example to block the MySpace.com homepage (highly recommended!), simply type:

127.0.0.1 myspace.com
127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com

Other parts of MySpace can be blocked in a similar way:

127.0.0.1 search.myspace.com
127.0.0.1 profile.myspace.com
etc etc etc...

You may need to add sites with both with and without the "www.". Test after blocking to make sure you got it right.

You can add as many sites as you wish to block in this fashion. I, myself, have over 12000 undesireable and dangerous sites in my personal HOSTS file!

4. Close Notepad and answer "Yes" when prompted.

5. Reboot your computer and attempt to access your now blocked website. You should see a Cannot find server or DNS Error saying: "The page cannot be displayed".

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Some people may suggest that you add a website that you wish to block by adding it to Internet Explorer's Restricted Zone. This does NOT totally block a site. It will only RESTRICT a site from certain actions such as using javascript, Active-X and Java etc.

Answer 5

This was asked a few months ago.


you can use NetDog : http://www.netdogsoft.com
it can work with all kinds of web browsers.
it's very easy to use, just add the website to "always blocked website list" in NetDogAdmin.exe

Answer 6

Use another browser like Firefox or Opera. You can configure it with your firewall.

Answer 7

use the parental controls.