This trick will be helpful for those
who want to block access to particular websites on their system. Parents
can block certain websites from their younger ones. It can also be used in
schools and colleges etc….
1. Open MyComputer
2. Browse C: (or your Operating system
drive)
so the
Location will be C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
In the etc folder
look for the file hosts
4. Open this file hosts with notepad.
5. Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost
6. To block www.google.com for example, just add this
text under
127.0.0.1
localhost:
127.0.0.1
www.google.com
127.0.0.1
www.yahoo.com
7. Save the file.
In this way
add any number of sites you want, however you will need to prefix it with
“127.0.0.1″.
Note:
This blocks the website from opening in any browser whether it is Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer
