how to block a website

[prashantban]

Friends my brother always sits in orkut for more than 3 hrs and i want to block it.
pls tell me something about it to block it
something new other than those of internet options

[Pathik]

goto internet options>security and put it in d list of restricted sites

[anandk]

go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
open host file. add the following entry to it

127.0.0.1 www.orkut.com

save it. replace the old one with this new one.

use host manager utility from http://www.aldostools.com/hosts.html to achieve this; its easier.

[techtronic]

The fool proof way is to enable Content Advisor using IE
Its located under IE -> Internet Options -> Content -> Content Advisor

Just enable it and it will prompt you for a password to allow or deny a site to be visited

[mediator]

^^ What if the brother downloads Firefox,opera etc??
Neways I second @anandk's method, there is also firewall method.

[prashantban]

Great Work The Digitians Thankyou

[techtronic]

Originally Posted by mediator

^^ What if the brother downloads Firefox,opera etc??
Neways I second @anandk's method, there is also firewall method.

In that case Enable Software Restriction Policy in XP

[kl_ravi]

Sooner or later, your brother might smell something fishy. So try Cybersitter.
Cybersitter blocks websites silently and shows up a blank page so that the user might think that the site is down.

Other sites continue to work as normal.

[JGuru]

You can use CyberPatrol (http://www.cyberpatrol.com/), NetNanny (http://www.netnanny.com/).

Using these Parental control softwares you can monitor the browsing patterns of
users, block porn, limit the time spent online, block websites & so on.