Windows XP – How to block unwanted web sites on your Windows computer
Posted by aidas | Posted in Windows 2003, Windows XP | Posted on 25-05-2009
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This post will show you how to block unwanted web sites by editing hosts file on your Windows computer. Lets say you want that all computer users were unable to browse web site named www.badsite.com .
To block web site click “Start” > “Run” and type:
notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Note that there is space between notepad and c:\windows…
In “hosts” file select empty row and type:
127.0.0.1 www.badsite.com
On “hosts” file menu click “File” and and select “Save” to save changes you just made.
After saving changes you can close file and you are done!
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