Child Safety Blog - Block Social Networking Websites like Facebook, Youtube etc

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         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

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.