IE blocking sites.

[ReD-BoXeR]

hey guys
is there a way to block ony one site in the net.
e.g. I wanna block say www.google.com from my internet is there a way of doing it.
I would be happy if i can block the site or delete it from my net or sit a password.

thanx

[Jazz]

Add it to your hosts file. For example: www.xxx.com

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and add it as follows. You can open the hosts file using Notepad. Always ensure that you have 127.0.0.1 localhost first.: -

127.0.0.1 www.xxx.com

The following is a snippet of my hosts file, as inserted by Spybot S&D 1.3: -

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

127.0.0.1 localhost
# start of entries inserted by spybot - search & destroy
127.0.0.1 coolwwwsearch.com
127.0.0.1 hi.studioaperto.net
127.0.0.1 www.webbrowser.tv
127.0.0.1 gueb.com
127.0.0.1 kabex.com
127.0.0.1 www.hityou.com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This can be achieved by using Spybot S&D 1.3's 'Add Spybot S&D hosts list' facility.

Have a read up on it here. The article does mention a possibility of decreased performance, however, I have never noticed this: -

Protect against spyware and adware with Spybot

Good luck..........

[pip22]

You can block it by adding it to the 'HOSTS' file which you'll find in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc

Open this file with Notepad and on a new line add the following:

127.0.0.1 www.google.com

Note that there must be at least one space between the IP number and the website name.

After adding the line, save the file.

Also, i did read somewhere that the HOSTS file must be in capital letters in order to function properly, so rename it using capitals (it does not have a filename extension, just HOSTS. Mine is in caps. and it works fine. you can block any website as long as you Know it's name (you can't use IP numbers, only a proper URL name).
Each site you wish to block must be on a new line beginning with 127.0.0.1 followed by at least one space, then the website name.

You can download a ready-made HOSTS file free from here:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/

It's already configured to block loads of unsavoury sites but you'll have to add google to it yourself.