How to Block a Website in All Web Browsers

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This action will require you to edit your Host file. Your host file is a computer file used to store information on where to find a node on a computer network.

Steps

In Windows XP

1. Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt.
   
2. Click Command Prompt This will open a DOS command window.
   
3. Type: notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
   
4. Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost
   
5. To block the website google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 localhost: 127.0.0.1 google.com, 127.0.0.1 www.google.com
   
   • You can add as many sites any site, However you will need to prefix it with "127.0.0.1".
     

Sources and Citations

• http://www.oyyas.com/articles/how-to-block-a-specific-website-on-your-computer - Original source, shared with permission.
  

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