How to Block A Website in All Browsers


How to Block A Website in All  Web Browsers
Block A Website in "Internet Explorer" "Fire Fox" "Google Chrome" "Opera"  and all web browsers installed on your computer.

The most simple and easy way to block a website in your browsers. For this action you must require to edit your Host file.The Hosts file is a computer file used in an operating system to map hostnames to IP addresses. The hosts file is a plain-text file and is conventionally named hosts. Unlike most plain text files, this file has no file name extension (e.g. .txt).
For Editing Host File In Windows
1. Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt.
2. Click Command Prompt This will open a DOS command window.
3. Type: notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
4. Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost
5. To block the website google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 localhost:
    127.0.0.1 google.com
    127.0.0.1 www.google.com
    You can add as many sites here of any type you want to block, However you will need to prefix it with        
     127.0.0.1
6. Save the file
Google will now be blocked in all web browser on your computer. This is an advanced but easy method on how to block a website.
If you feel problem to edit in Command Prompt,
Go C/Windows -> find the Folder System 32 -> Drivers -> etc -> hosts, open host file with note pad and locate the line 127.0.0.1 at the end and do the above process and save the file.

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