How to ban website in all browsers. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox
In this article we have tried to consider methods of ban websites in all major browsers, and find out advantages / disadvantages of each method and problems that may occur during implementation.How to Ban Website Using the Hosts File
How to Ban Website in Internet Explorer
How to Ban Website in Google Chrome
How to Ban Website in Mozilla Firefox
How to Ban Website with Special Software
Conclusion
How to Ban Website Using the Hosts File
Realization:1. If you use Windows XP, Vista, 7, open the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\
If you use Windows 2000, open the folder C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\
2. In the folder find 'hosts' file.
3. Open it using Notepad or other text editor.
4. Find the line '127.0.0.1 localhost'. It is usually located at the end of the file.
5. Add the line '127.0.0.1 unwanted_website.com' under the line '127.0.0.1 localhost'.
For example:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 facebook.com
6. Save and close the Hosts file without changing its extension.
7. Reboot your computer.
8. Try to open the unwanted website in a browser.
Advantages of using the hosts file method:
1. It is free.
2. It is universal for each browser and does not depend from a kind of browser you use.
Disadvantages of using the hosts file method:
1. It is not suitable for users who don't have administrative rights.
2. The ban can be easily removed in the same way as you have installed it.
3. It can be easily bypassed with web-based proxy servers or anonymizers.
4. This method allows you to block just one website page which address is completely coincided with address you have entered in the hosts files.
For example, you have entered facebook.com so just the main mage of Facebook will be blocked, all the rest, like facebook.com/video or facebook.com/friends, will not. It is worth to mention that a website can contain thousands of pages.
5. While the implementation of the method different problems may occur.
Problems with the realization of the hosts file method:
1. Sometimes when you try to save the hosts file with your changes Windows might not allow you to do it. Instead, the splash windows may appear.
Solution: Copy the hosts file in other folder and make your changes in the copy. When just copy and replace it to the original folder.
2. During editing the hosts file, you can make mistakes, that would be difficult to fix. In addition, this file is unique for each computer.
Solution: Always make a backup of the original hosts file and put it somewhere safe, in case you mess up.
3. In some text editor it is hard to save files without extension which the hosts file has not.
See conclusion
How to Ban Website in Internet Explorer
Realization:1. Launch Internet Explorer.
2. On the Tools menu click Internet Options (usually it is the lowest point).
3. Click the Privacy tab.
4. Click the Sites button.
5. Type the URL of the site you want to ban in the Address of Website field.
6. When enter click the Block button near the field.
7. The unwanted_website.com site will appear in the Managed websites list with a mark Always Blocked.
8. Click OK and close this window.
Advantages of ban a website in Internet Explorer:
1. It is free.
2. It is easy to realize.
Disadvantages of ban a website in Internet Explorer:
1. It is suitable only for IE and other browsers will open a forbidden site.
2. The ban can be easily removed in the same way as you have installed it.
3. It can be easily bypassed with web-based proxy servers or anonymizers.
4. This method allows you to block just one website page which address is completely coincided with address you have entered in the hosts files. See explanation
5. While the implementation of the method a problem may occur.
See conclusion
Problems with the realization of the method:
1. Sometimes it does not work and IE opens the forbidden site and never blocks. It does not mean that you do something wrong, it's just a browser characteristic, not to do what is necessary and you are not alone with it.
Solution: Use other methods.
How to Ban Website in Google Chrome
Realization:1. Launch Google Chrome.
2. Click the Wrench symbol in the upper right corner.
3. Click Options.
4. Click Under the Hood tab.
5. Choose Change Proxy Settings button.
6. On the Security tab, click Restricted Sites.
7. Click the Site buttons.
8. Type the URL of the site you want to ban and click the Add button.
9. Click the Close button.
Advantages of ban a website in Google Chrome:
1. It is free.
2. It is easy to realize.
Disadvantages of ban a website in Google Chrome:
1. It is suitable only for Google Chrome and IE, other browsers will open a forbidden site.
2. The ban can be easily removed in the same way as you have installed it.
3. It can be easily bypassed with web-based proxy servers or anonymizers.
4. This method allows you to block just one website page which address is completely coincided with address you have entered in the hosts files. See explanation
5. While the implementation of the method a problem may occur.
Problems with the realization of the method:
1. Google Chrome uses the same algorithm of ban websites as Internet Explorer, so if your IE opens the forbidden site and never blocks, the same problem will be with Google Chrome.
Solution: Use other methods.
See conclusion
How to Ban Website in Mozilla Firefox
Realization:Mozilla Firefox does not have built-in methods to block websites, like IE or Opera have. To ban websites in Mozilla Firefox you has to install a special free tools 'BlockSite 0.7.1.1' offered by Firefox.
1. Visit https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blocksite/
2. Click the Continue to Download button.
3. Click the Add to Firefox button.
4. Click the Install Now button.
5. Restart Mozilla Firefox.
6. On the Tools menu click Add-ons.
7. Click the BlockSite Options button.
8. Make sure that the Blacklist radio button, and Enable BlockSite, Enable warning messages, Enable link removal checkboxes are checked.
9. Check the Enable authentication checkbox, and then enter a password.
10. Click the Add button.
11. Type the URL of the site you want to ban and click OK.
12. Click OK to close.
13. Restart Mozilla Firefox.
Advantages of ban a website in Mozilla Firefox:
1. It is free.
Disadvantages of ban a website in Mozilla Firefox:
1. It is suitable only for Mozilla Firefox, other browsers will open a forbidden site.
2. The ban can be easily removed in the same way as you have installed it.
3. It can be easily bypassed with web-based proxy servers or anonymizers.
4. This method allows you to block just one website page which address is completely coincided with address you have entered in the hosts files. See explanation
5. While the implementation of the method problems may occur.
Problems with the realization of the method:
1. In some cases Mozilla Firefox may not restart automatically.
Solution: Restart it manually.
2. In some cases your computer may hang.
Solution: Restart your computer or end the 'firefox.exe' process in Task Manager.
3. In some cases the BlockSite 0.7.1.1 application may not work properly at your computer.
Solution: Use other methods.
Conclusion
All the methods listed above are proved as extremely inefficient or such that are easy to bypass. The most universal is the hosts file method which does not depend on the browser you use. Opera is only one browser that allows blocking not only the home pages of unwanted websites. IE and Google Chrome share the same place in ineffectiveness of ban websites. Mozilla Firebox is the leader in difficulty to configurate its internet filter. Website filter are configured in one browser can't block unwanted website in others. All this method can be easily removed by a user in the same way as it was installed. Each one can be bypassed by with web-based proxy servers or anonymizers. Many of them may never block unwanted website.Let us introduce the Internet filter which is deprived of all these shortcoming.
How to Ban Website with our Internet Filter PM Employee Monitor
1. Download and install PM Employee Monitor.
2. On the Controls menu click Website Filter.
3. Click the Add button near the Banned Websites list.
4. Enter an URL or a keyword, then click OK.
5. The URL or keyword will appear in the Banned Website list.
6. Click Save Changes.
Advantages of ban a website with PM Software:
1. It is suitable for all browsers, and it will block unwanted website in each of them.
2. The ban can't be removed, only the person who knows the special hotkeys and password can remote the ban.
3. It can't be bypassed with web-based proxy servers or anonymizers.
4. It allows blocking all pages of unwanted website.
5. It allows blocking whole categories of websites with a similar topic, you don't need to enter hundreds of website addresses manually.
6. It allows blocking websites by keywords, each website that contains the specified keyword will be blocked.
7. It allows you to limit website time use if you don't want to block the website completely. For example, you can limit Facebook use to 30 minutes per day.
Disadvantages of ban a website with PM Software:
1. It is not free, but we always open to negotiation.
Problems with the realization of the method:
We didn't find them, please write us if you faced with.
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