is there a way to block websties one your internet woithout calling someone or downloading something?

Question

i have a few sites i dont want my friend to go on so please tell me somehow to block em?

Answer 1

I only know internet explorer so i'll tell you how to do that.



There's an internet options window you can use, in there it allows you to block sites (and put on a password) so that the person can't go onto them. You can also turn up the security on the computer so other sites (be it innapropriate ones or ones with too many pop-ups) can't come up without permission either. If you have any questions following this one, feel free to e-mail me.



hope this helped

Answer 2

How to block a Website using Internet Explorer



Internet Explorer version 5 and later offer the ability for heighten security and privacy. You can block a site by following the directions below:



1. Load your Internet explorer

2. Click Tools

3. Click Internet Options

4. Click the Privacy tab

5. Under the Privacy window, Click Sites

6. Type in the site address that you want to Block and Click OK. Remember this technique only blocks on one site at a time. Parental control software will allow you to block multiple sites and categories.

Answer 3

There is some way of editing the hosts file, but I do not know the details.



I used to have a hosts file got from the Internet, and it blocked about 40,000 or 50,000 sites.



By the way, beware, your friend may find out about plenty more sites that you do not want them to access.

Answer 4

You can easily and effectivily block access to a website by adding it to your Windows HOSTS file. (Yes, Hosts is capitalised for some strange reason).



1.Go to your HOSTS file which is located at:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for windows Vista and XP

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC for Windows 2k

C:\WINDOWS for Windows 98 and ME



2. Open HOSTS with Notepad.



The default Windows HOSTS looks like this:

______________________



# Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.

#

# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

#

# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each

# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should

# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one

# space.

#

# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual

# lines or following the machine name denoted by a "#" symbol.

#

# For example:

#

# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server

# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

#

127.0.0.1 localhost

_____________________________



3. Directly under the line that says 127.0.0.1 Localhost, you will want to type:



127.0.0.1 name of the URL you want to block



For example to block the MySpace.com homepage (highly recommended!), simply type:



127.0.0.1 myspace.com

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com



Other parts of MySpace could be blocked in a similar way:



127.0.0.1 search.myspace.com

127.0.0.1 profile.myspace.com

etc etc etc...



You may need to add sites with both with and without the "www.". Test after blocking to make sure you got it right.



You can add as many sites as you wish to block in this fashion. I, myself, have over 12000 undesireable and dangerous sites in my personal HOSTS file!



4. Close Notepad and answer "Yes" when prompted.



5. Reboot your computer and attempt to access your now blocked website. You should see a Cannot find server or DNS Error saying: "The page cannot be displayed".



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Some people suggest that you add a website that you wish to block by adding it to Internet Explorer's Restricted Zone. This does NOT totally block a site. It will only RESTRICT a site from certain actions such as using javascript, Active-X and Java etc.



Some people suggest that your add a website to the Internet Explorer 'Privacy' settings. This does not block a site. It only stops that site from using cookies.

Answer 5

its easy, go to if you have Windows 98,Me,2000,Xp,Vista go to Control Panel, Click on Internet Options and select the Security tab at the top, you will see a box with 4 options



Internet, Local Internet,Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites.

Select Restricted Sites and then click on the Sites button below the box.



then ad the web sites you do not want your friend seeing

and click Add. add all the sites and click OK to exit

Answer 6

Adding the website names to your HOSTS file is fairly easy, once you know how to do it, but it's easier to download one, such as: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm



This blocks about 50,000 known 'bad' sites and you can add others.

Answer 7

you can put the domain names of the sites into the 'hosts file' and set them to point to some other address.



unless they knew there was such a thing, it'd be kinda tricky for them to figure out.

Answer 8

If you use a router, you can go to its admin page (http://192.168.0.1) and create a list of blocked sites. It differs from router to router, but I believe most of them have this feature.

Answer 9

Edit your hosts file. It's in c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc



add a line like this:



127.0.0.1 whatever.com



that will force people who go to that site to go to 127.0.0.1, which is nothing.



Enjoy!