Way to block one website address?

I am using Sygate Personal Firewall, 5.5, but would be willing to
switch.

I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.

Can this be done?

TIA

Louise

Louise

In article <>,
says...
> I am using Sygate Personal Firewall, 5.5, but would be willing to
> switch.
>
> I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
> the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.
>
> Can this be done?
>
> TIA
>
> Louise
>



hosts file in windows.

whereas badsite=127.0.0.1

research the rest for yourself.





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Q: How many Bill Gates does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, he just defines Darkness? as the new industry standard..."

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"Louise" <> wrote in message
news:.. .
> I am using Sygate Personal Firewall, 5.5, but would be willing to
> switch.
>
> I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
> the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.
>
> Can this be done?

have you tried adding it to your local Hosts file and directing it to
127.0.0.1

cheers
>
> TIA
>
> Louise

Martin

In article <c91dvs$h1p$>,
says...
>
> "Louise" <> wrote in message
> news:.. .
> > I am using Sygate Personal Firewall, 5.5, but would be willing to
> > switch.
> >
> > I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
> > the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.
> >
> > Can this be done?
>
> have you tried adding it to your local Hosts file and directing it to
> 127.0.0.1
>
> cheers
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Louise
>
>
>
Thanks - didn't know about doing that.

Louise

Louise

In article <>,
says...
> In article <c91dvs$h1p$>,
> says...
> >
> > "Louise" <> wrote in message
> > news:.. .
> > > I am using Sygate Personal Firewall, 5.5, but would be willing to
> > > switch.
> > >
> > > I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
> > > the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.
> > >
> > > Can this be done?
> >
> > have you tried adding it to your local Hosts file and directing it to
> > 127.0.0.1
> >
> > cheers
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Louise
> >
> >
> >
> Thanks - didn't know about doing that.
>
> Louise
>


I post pretty much the same advise a half hour before this guy does and
I don't receive a thanks?



--
Colonel Flagg
http://www.internetwarzone.org/

Privacy at a click:
http://www.cotse.net

Q: How many Bill Gates does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, he just defines Darkness? as the new industry standard..."

"...I see stupid people."

Colonel Flagg

Louise wrote:


>>>I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
>>>the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.
>>>
>>>Can this be done?
>>
>>have you tried adding it to your local Hosts file and directing it to
>>127.0.0.1
>>
>>cheers
>>

>>
>>
>>
> Thanks - didn't know about doing that.
>
> Louise

Before the browser goes to the ISP DNS server it looks in the Hosts file
to translate the requested URL into an IP number. If a matching URL is
listed in the Hosts file the request never goes out to a DNS server. The
Hosts file can be used to stop requests to ad servers also.

g-w

zz

"Colonel Flagg" <> wrote in
message news:.. .
>
>
> I post pretty much the same advise a half hour before this guy does and
> I don't receive a thanks?

I was annoyed when I saw yours, there were no replys when I posted or I
wouldn't have posted the same thing twice. It's probably our NNTP server,
it's not the fastest updating in the world

>
>
>
> --
> Colonel Flagg
> http://www.internetwarzone.org/
>
> Privacy at a click:
> http://www.cotse.net
>
> Q: How many Bill Gates does it take to change a lightbulb?
> A: None, he just defines Darkness? as the new industry standard..."
>
> "...I see stupid people."

Martin

In article <>,
says...
> In article <>,
> says...
> > In article <c91dvs$h1p$>,
> > says...
> > >
> > > "Louise" <> wrote in message
> > > news:.. .
> > > > I am using Sygate Personal Firewall, 5.5, but would be willing to
> > > > switch.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
> > > > the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.
> > > >
> > > > Can this be done?
> > >
> > > have you tried adding it to your local Hosts file and directing it to
> > > 127.0.0.1
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > Louise
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Thanks - didn't know about doing that.
> >
> > Louise
> >
>
>
> I post pretty much the same advise a half hour before this guy does and
> I don't receive a thanks?
>
>
>
>
A VERY BIG THANKS - sometimes I read something and have the wrong
message on the screen when I reply

But a serious thanks - I think the community of generosity on newsgroups
is one of the most precious things about the web.

Louise

Louise

In article <Lhjtc.15221$ m>,
says...
> Louise wrote:
>
>
> >>>I would like to be able to block one website address without incurring
> >>>the load of adding something like Norton parental controls.
> >>>
> >>>Can this be done?
> >>
> >>have you tried adding it to your local Hosts file and directing it to
> >>127.0.0.1
> >>
> >>cheers
> >>
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Thanks - didn't know about doing that.
> >
> > Louise
>
> Before the browser goes to the ISP DNS server it looks in the Hosts file
> to translate the requested URL into an IP number. If a matching URL is
> listed in the Hosts file the request never goes out to a DNS server. The
> Hosts file can be used to stop requests to ad servers also.
>
> g-w
>
Thanks - it's definitely the way to go in the future.

Louise

Louise

Louise <> wrote:


>>
>Thanks - it's definitely the way to go in the future.

Grab a premade hostsfile from www.pricelessware.org
(the internet category I believe)

HTH
Steven
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