Tuesday, August 27, 2013

How to block a websites in your windows OS.

Block Website by editing your host file.

 In your windows pc there is a host file. Editing that host file you can block a   website. host file is located at   "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc"
First of all you have to disable all your antivirus programs.Because Antivirus will not give you the permission to edit the host file.

   Step 1: Open notepad as Administrator(right click on note pad then run as 
                administrator)
   Step 2: Using Notepad open the host file (C:\Windows\System32\Driver\etc)
   
   Step3: By default your locale host is 127.0.0.1 you have to add one line  at the
               end of the file.    127.0.0.1 <space> your site
                    eg.                 127.0.0.1  facebook.com
                                          127.0.0.1  youtube.com
   step4: Save the file. and the specified site will be blocked.


  when you try to connect to your specified site in browser it will redirect it to 
  the 127.0.0.1 . :)


                                          

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