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supertoad - 10 May. 2003 - 19:07:

How do i block a webpage?

i'm not sure if this is the right site to ask this on, but maybe someone could just point me to a page that might help.

i want to block a webpage from being accessed by my computer. how do i do this

10 May. 2003 - 19:50 undefined

If you want to block a whole domain:

Start > Run > notepad "%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"

Add the line:



0.0.0.0 SiteToBlock.com

You can also use 127.0.0.1 in place of 0.0.0.0.

11 May. 2003 - 15:26 Addy

Open Internet Options -> Goto Security -> Select Restricted Sites -> Click Sites

YAY GUI based!

12 May. 2003 - 22:51 Red

How about a proxy? Would that work too? And would the SiteToBlock.com trick work on 98 and for no IE browsers?

13 May. 2003 - 01:07 joh6nn

the hosts file thing that undefined mentioned will work not just for browsers, but for anything that tries to connect to that address. a proxy would work just as well, but the hosts file is probably much easier to set up

13 May. 2003 - 15:01 demlak

good proxy for this and many other filter-jobs: proxomitron

13 May. 2003 - 15:40 Red

So the SiteToBlock.com trick will work on 98 too?

13 May. 2003 - 16:20 undefined

Red: Yes, but it's in the system folder instead of system32. If you want, you can pick up an ad-blocking hosts file here:
http://www.smartin-designs.com/downloads.htm

12 Jun. 2011 - 23:58 cody2382

I would recommend using a program such as 123BlockMe. You can download it for free here:

http://www.123blockme.com

24 Jun. 2011 - 16:57 grigri

I'm sure that a solution has been worked out in the 8 years since the last post to this topic.

30 Jun. 2011 - 21:48 craeonics

Thread necromancy never fails to amaze me.

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