How can I block Facebook?

[Scania]

As the title, how can I block Facebook from my brother in laws PC, so his daughter can't use it?

Thanks.

 

[Scania]

why doesn;t he want his daughter on it?

I think she's being taken over by it......

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

Open hosts with notepad, add line 127.0.0.1 facebook.com

Tried that, seems to have no effect - type facebook into google & in you go.

ttiuwp

She's 13.

 

[Scania]

OpenDNS has some good filtering with categories for such things as facebook/MSN etc. I've used it in the past and the bonus is that it's FREE!

Thanks Feek, that looks just the job.

Windows Vista and 7 have built in parental controls, but they will only lock down IE. Your best bet is paid for software or putting a rule in the router, if it allows you to.

Saying that, education is better than blocking content. Kids will always find a way, but if they're educated on how to use the Internet safely, they'll have a better time than if their parents try to block it completely.

XP alas....

Just block it in the router.

I don't think he has one....

 

[Scania]

I'll await the 'my daughters phone bill is £10000000 due to internet usage' thread!

Not an issue - its not to block my own daughter.

Have a look in the router config (assuming they have one), Most netgear / linksys etc will let you block specific keywords.

Its my brother in law's setup that I'm asking for, he has no router.

 

[Scania]

As feek has said, OpenDNS is excellent! Though if there's no router then it'd be fairly easy to change the local DNS herself, mind you if she's determined enough she'd be able to override pretty much anything.

She is my 13 year old niece, I am fairly confident she won't be savvy enough with Windows to get around this - famous last words!