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A Najam
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Posted on - 09/07/2016
Many sites like porn sites and pages in Facebook can mislead a child. Parents often decide to block such websites that are harmful. It is easier than they think. How to block websites in Windows 7 to protect our future generation from harmful stuff?
How To Block Websites In Windows 7. Away From The Internet Dirt.
Blocking any site is an easy task. It includes minor coding, but most of it is copy-paste. All the browsers allow blocking sites depending on our ease. Following are some of the ways to block sites:
1) BLOCKING SITES ON WINDOWS.
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Go to my computer and select C drive to convert URL’s like www.facebook.com into numerical DNS address.
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Search for ‘etc.’ folder. In this folder, search for ‘hosts’ file.
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Open the ‘hosts’ file in notepad so that you can edit it and block some particular sites.
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Scroll down to the end of the text in notepad. Do not edit anything else written in it.
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Type 127.0.0.1 and the URL of the website that you want to block.
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Example: 127.0.0.1 www.twitter.com. Remember not to add ‘http: //’ as it would cause failure in blocking.
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If you wish to block two or more sites, type each website on a new line.
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Press CTRL + S or go to file->save to save the file.
Now if you try to open the blocked sites in your browser, it would give an error.
2) BLOCKING WEBSITES ON MAC.
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Open terminal. Open it by following the path: finder under->applications->utilities->terminal.
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You need to open your host file to carry out the blocking process. For this type “Sudo nano/etc/host” in your terminal window. Type 127.0.0.1 and the URL of the website that you want to block.
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Remember not to add ‘http: //’ as it would cause failure in blocking.
Example: 127.0.0.1 www.twitter.com
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If you wish to block two or more, type each website in new line.
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Save the file.
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Then type ”Sudo dscacheutil -flushcache” to bring out the changes into effect
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Press enter. Your sites are blocked and you have no access to them.
