How to block a website?

RandomTom · 2 Apr 2007 at 20:37

Hi there,

Not sure where this should go but I need to block a website on this computer, What tools / programmes would I need to go about doing this? It doesn't come under parental issues I'd just like to block myself from going on one.

Any Ideas?

Kerplunk · 2 Apr 2007 at 20:43

Do you have a router?, if so theres should be an option to 'block sites'. Well, there is on mine.

Dappy · 2 Apr 2007 at 20:59

RandomTom said:
Hi there,

Not sure where this should go but I need to block a website on this computer, What tools / programmes would I need to go about doing this? It doesn't come under parental issues I'd just like to block myself from going on one.

Any Ideas?

If you are familiar with the HOSTS file, then you can put the website address along with 127.0.0.1 as the IP which will block the site locally on your computer.

For Windows XP the hosts file is in 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc'

|Ric| · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:09

better yet don't redirect it to 127.0.0.1 but something that really annoys you. You will soon learn not to visit it

RandomTom · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:28

I googled and found that, just wasn't sure if it was a decent thing to do, thanks a lot, If I find myself still going on it then I'll redirect it to meatspin or something.

MarcLister · 2 Apr 2007 at 21:54

|Ric| said:
better yet don't redirect it to 127.0.0.1 but something that really annoys you. You will soon learn not to visit it

Surely he should redirect it to forums.overclockers.co.uk! :cool:

So every time he feels the need to visit this blocked site he ends up here with us.

Slogan · 3 Apr 2007 at 00:34

MarcLister said:
So every time he feels the need to visit this blocked site he ends up here with us.

That's probably what he is trying to avoid in the first place.

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2007 at 01:10

RandomTom said:
I googled and found that, just wasn't sure if it was a decent thing to do, thanks a lot, If I find myself still going on it then I'll redirect it to meatspin or something.

not the nicest if sites! Still, the hosts file thing works... it can block other things like ftp sites as well if you want.

RobH · 3 Apr 2007 at 03:03

You can also use it to name devices on your network for example you could redirect 192.168.1.20 to something like "laptop" if you wanted to name your laptop instead of typing in the IP address.

Mikey · 3 Apr 2007 at 04:26

Dappy said:
If you are familiar with the HOSTS file, then you can put the website address along with 127.0.0.1 as the IP which will block the site locally on your computer.

For Windows XP the hosts file is in 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc'

I did that to a chap at work after he ****** me off with his ebaying all day. I was LOL when he spent ages trying to fix it.... shame the GPO script wipes the host file everytime, so I then created a nice startup script just for him to re-enter the details into his hostfile. Hee heee. MCSA my arse otherwise he'd checked DNS etc and so on. Had him rebooting the servers etc. :eek:

Thankfully by the time it came round to it again I'd made sure he did have access to the firewalls as that was the next step..... He only stopped looking at the various servers after I said WTF are you doing in front of our it manger

Shame we installed a proxy server later on

ruined my fun with his surfing

manoz · 3 Apr 2007 at 04:42

Hows about redirecting it to willpower.com?

Mikey · 3 Apr 2007 at 04:44

I've got websites blocked on my netgear dg834g router and it works fine