Block a site?

Blonde Baji · May 3rd, 2009, 02:33 pm

anyone here knows how to block a particular website on the PC.
I had done it once but forgot how to do it.
It is done within our system without downloading any software.
It was somewhere in the c drive.

If anyone knows what i'm talking about then please do tell.

AQ · May 3rd, 2009, 07:35 pm

Internet explorer:

Tools --> Internet Options --> security --> Restricted Sites...

is this what you are looking for?

*Masoom Muskaan* · May 3rd, 2009, 07:39 pm

^^nehe wo koch or asking

Blonde Baji · May 3rd, 2009, 07:43 pm

nai..
Its something else !!!
kaheen c drive mei jaa key tha...kaheen bohot ander ander jaa key !!!

*Masoom Muskaan* · May 3rd, 2009, 07:44 pm

gereh meyn ger gea he ese keho

Blonde Baji · May 3rd, 2009, 07:50 pm

heyn !!!
aik to tumhaare baat bhi samajhney ke liye itni mehnat kerni perti hai ;bummer;

sara · May 3rd, 2009, 07:53 pm

^ So true !

*Masoom Muskaan* · May 3rd, 2009, 08:13 pm

an perh u both

Blonde Baji · May 3rd, 2009, 08:30 pm

I found what I was looking for.

Blonde Baji · May 3rd, 2009, 09:28 pm

AQ · May 4th, 2009, 01:53 am

oh the host file

Blonde Baji · May 4th, 2009, 04:43 am

haan toh yahi toh chahiye tha mujhey ;grin;

dhobi_bhai · May 5th, 2009, 04:15 am

Please re-post it. I think it is a good reference tool. I searched for this method in detail after your post and got to know more about the way of blocking the websites. It re-routes the IP address to your local router (127.0.0.1) so when you put this address and the website that you want to block in front of the IP address, it goes straight to your local machine when you type in the blocked address. Effectively this method blocks it.

Correct my understanding too on this.

Blonde Baji · May 5th, 2009, 05:57 am

yep.
That is what it does.

Quote:

Here are the steps
1. Go to the location C:WINDOWSsystem32driversetc
2. You will find a file by name "hosts" with no extension.
3. Open that file in "Notepad"
4. Go to the bottom of the page where you could find the following line "127.0.0.1 localhost"
5. Now add another line at the bottom for ex: "127.0.0.1 XYZ localhost"
6. This line will block the site XYZ
The trick behind this
127.0.0.1 is the IP address of local system the so called loop back address... Now when you enter a site the browser will first check the hosts file and then it would go for the DNS service of your ISP.
Now we have added the Ip address of the xyz site as 127.0.0.1, so the browser will assume that 127.0.0.1 is the IP address of the xyz site and will connect to the local host itself and so the websites doesn't get opened.

adeeba · May 9th, 2009, 11:43 am

thanku...