This trick will be helpful for those who want to block access to particular websites on their system. Parents can block certain websites from their younger ones.
Simply follow below instructions to block any website:
1) Open My Computer.
2) Browse C: (or your Operating system drive).
3) Browse Windows –>System32–>drivers–>etc so the Location will be C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc In the etc folder look for the file hosts .
4) Open this file hosts with notepad.
5) Locate the line 127.0.0.1 local host.
6) To block www.google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 local host: 127.0.0.1 www.google.com 127.0.0.1 www.yahoo.com
7) Save the file. In this way add any number of sites you want, however you will need to prefix it with “127.0.0.1″.
Remember:- This blocks the website from opening in any browser whether it is Mozilla Firefox orInternet Explorer
Simply follow below instructions to block any website:
1) Open My Computer.
3) Browse Windows –>System32–>drivers–>etc so the Location will be C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc In the etc folder look for the file hosts .
4) Open this file hosts with notepad.
5) Locate the line 127.0.0.1 local host.
6) To block www.google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 local host: 127.0.0.1 www.google.com 127.0.0.1 www.yahoo.com
7) Save the file. In this way add any number of sites you want, however you will need to prefix it with “127.0.0.1″.
Remember:- This blocks the website from opening in any browser whether it is Mozilla Firefox orInternet Explorer
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