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How do I block a particular website?

wilsonwilson
wilsonwilson
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I am trying to block a certain website from being accessed on my computer. I am using Windows XP.

I am trying to block a certain website from being accessed on my computer. I am using Windows XP.

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David McRitchie
David McRitchie
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see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Blocking_bad_sites_and_annoyances

For links see following topic links in the article -- MozillaZine doesn't like to link to things twice See also -- More information: on extensions and items mentioned in this article

I would suggest Blocksite if you want to specifically block some sites, I use several things, basically most of the things in the article except parental controls and kiosk type operations. The link for Blocksite (16.4 Kb) -- https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/blocksite/

If you already have "Adblock Plus" you can use it

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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To block a website on the entire PC - for all browsers, you can use the HOSTS file.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file