You
or your child anyone can be addicted to social networking websites. For
de-addiction follow these steps:-
Windows: Go to "Run"
and Type:- C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
Copy “Hosts” file and paste it on the Desktop. Right Click on it, go to rename and rename it to “Hosts.txt” and open in the Notepad. It looks like -
Now copy the below given list (in blue color) just after the last line in the hosts file:
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# Block Websites
127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
127.0.0.1 m.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 www.static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
127.0.0.1 static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 www.static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1 login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 youtube.com
Save the file and remove
the .txt extension by clicking on "rename " option
In case you are unable to
save the file then change the administrator permissions -Right click on the “hosts”file, choose Properties -> Security (Security is the second tab) and make sure all the
boxes are checked in . Now save it.
Copy the modified “hosts”
file to the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
If you are asked to replace
then press “Yes”.
Go to Command Prompt
and type :
ipconfig /flushdns
Press Enter
Again go to command prompt and type
ipconfig /registerdns
Press Enter
Open the browser and check whether these websites are blocked? If not then re-boot the computer and re-check. It is done now.
Likewise you can block as
many websites as you want.