Web blocking freeware? (OT)

Gang-

I'm looking to find a good website blocking freeware program.

Any recommendations?

Thanks,

Maybe they are blocking your IP address..

You can do it from within your browser, so no need to add any extra software.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061118194331AAY91u8

Hope this helps

Bill

Tried it exactly according to the instructions, it totally failed...Didn't work in IE, Mozilla or AOL...

Any other suggestions?

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Bill in Dayton

Hey Bill,

You can always use your "hosts" file to block DNS names and/or IP addresses.

C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Open with Notepad and make an entry like the following:

127.0.0.1 porn4porn.net
127.0.0.1 porncamz.com
127.0.0.1 pornclipstube.com
127.0.0.1 www.pornclipstube.com
127.0.0.1 pornfree.info
127.0.0.1 www.pornissex.com

(there is supposed to be a "tab" space between the IP address and the DNS name)

The IP address, 127.0.0.1, is called the IP Loopback address. It routes flow back to the network card itself (never goes out to the internet).

A lot of malware/spyware programs do blocking this way.

-mike

[This message has been edited by msutliff (edited 07-05-2009).]

Mike.....this is very interesting. I wasn't aware of this procedure. Thanks for posting it.

I use Firefox as a browser and it has a pop-up blocker in it. Seems to be 99% effective. I very rarely see anything "pop up."

So....what type of situation would I use this "fix" in that you gave here. Also, how would I block spam EMAILS that come in from the same address on a regular basis? I'm with AT&T and they don't seem to have a way to do it that I'm aware of.

Lucky

Mike-

That looks to be coding down at the dos level?

Can you walk me through that slowly? Step by step with details? I generally avoid doing anything at the c prompt...Kind of a phobia, I guess of mine...

Thanks!

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Bill in Dayton

Oh, sorry Bill.

That's not a DOS prompt but rather the path to find the "hosts" file.

(C: drive, Windows folder, System32 subfolder, Drivers subfolder, Etc subfolder, hosts file (no extension))

If that looks jibberish to ya, hold off till I get to work on Tuesday so I can SnagIt some screen shots and show ya what I mean. That sample I showed you are actual lines from my "hosts" file here at home where I'm using SpySweeper as my spyware protection. It made those entries, I didn't. But you would substitute the URLs (or DNS names) that you want to block.

-mike

Hi Bill
Are you running as an administrator, if so then the parental control website filtering will not work, and you will need to set up a lesser account, (Power User is ideal as it gives you most of the administrator account)
The easiest way to do this, is to set up another account as an administrator, (Password protect it and make sure you don’t loose the password) then change your existing account to a Power User account, and you should now find that the parental website filter will now work.
Hope this helps

Bill