Hi Friends Today I Am Going To Show You How Can You Block Dangerous Sites By Adding Them To Your Windows Host File. Well There Are Many Ways And Tools Are There To Add Sites Into Host File And Block Them. But In This Article I Am Going To Show You The Most Easiest Way To Block Dangerous Or Any Site You Want To Block By Edit The Host File.
WHAT IS A HOST FILE ?
The Computer File Hosts Is An Operating System File That Maps Hostnames To Ip Addresses. It Is A Plain Text File. Originally A File Named Hosts.txt Was Manually Maintained And Made Available Via File Sharing By Stanford Research Institute For The Arpanet Membership, Containing The Hostnames And Address Of Hosts As Contributed For Inclusion By Member Organizations. The Domain Name System, First Described In 1983 And Implemented In 1984, Automated The Publication Process And Provided Instantaneous And Dynamic Hostname Resolution In The Rapidly Growing Network. In Modern Operating Systems, The Hosts File Remains An Alternative Name Resolution Mechanism, Configurable Often As Part Of Facilities Such As The Name Service Switch As Either The Primary Method Or As A Fallback Method.(source- wiki)
Screen Shot: how it looks after blocking facebook.com
HOW TO BLOCK SITES
2: After Downloading Extract It From The Zip File And Run It As Administrator.
3: After That Type The Website Url Which You Want To Block.
ex:
i Want To Block Facebook So I Have To Add www.facebook.com To The Input Field.
4: After Typing The Website Url Just Click On + Icon In The Top Right Bar.
5: Then The Website Name Will Automatically Added To The Host File We Just Need To Block That Site.
6: To Block That Site Just Right Click On The Facbook.com And Click On Block(make Sure That Site Is Checked)
7: After That Just Save The File "you Can Click On Save Icon To Save The Host File" OR "file > Save"
HOW TO UNBLOCK THAT BLOCKED SITE
To Unblock The Site Simply Open That Software Again And Right click On www.facebook.com And Click On Delete Option And Save It.
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