blocking websites

[amrutansu garanaik]

Hello guys. Can you please tell me how to block certain websites on my laptop?
I want to block some social networking sites and all porn sites so as to prevent my laptop from being misused by my friends.This should work on my laptop on all browsers.(I have win XP, 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my laptop)

[Kola2842]

Download picblock from link below and block everything you want.

PicBlock Download - Softpedia

[Gauravs90]

Esay to use is norton DNS... blocks all porn websites...

[meetdilip]

Avast free antivirus allows that. Just add any address you want to block. Almost all security suite comes with parental control which can block any site by name.

[Kola2842]

Don't get me wrong but Due to some reason i hate avast

[meetdilip]

Nothing wrong in it, people are entitled to have different views based on their experience. Avast saved me many times from infected sites. My friends got infected there unknowingly but Avast web shield stopped the site from dropping malware.

K9 web protection is a stand alone parental control program. A good option.

[Kola2842]

^^Yeah k9 parental control is good option.

[hjpotter92]

Go to "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts". Add this at the end:

127.0.0.1 (press a TAB or two) <Add weblink here>

and save the file. Now, in the internet options dialog box, add 'localhost' to be bypassed.

[amrutansu garanaik]

Originally Posted by meetdilip

Avast free antivirus allows that. Just add any address you want to block. Almost all security suite comes with parental control which can block any site by name.

I have avast installed from Digit DVD. How do I use it to block the sites??

[Zangetsu]

NetNanny is a good software...
& now a Antiviruses are equiped with these parental filter.I use Bitdefender 2012 & it has a parental filter.

Originally Posted by hjpotter92

Go to "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts". Add this at the end:

127.0.0.1 (press a TAB or two) <Add weblink here>

and save the file. Now, in the internet options dialog box, add 'localhost' to be bypassed.

but the OP will have to add so many links to block here

[hjpotter92]

Originally Posted by Zangetsu

but the OP will have to add so many links to block here

tbh, I don't trust third-party apps for anything. Hence the solution I provided.

[Zangetsu]

^the solution is default & simple but it literally time consuming...

Originally Posted by hjpotter92

tbh, I don't trust third-party apps for anything. Hence the solution I provided.

we all depend on 3rd party apps.so u use only microsoft applications in your PC..like IE (no Firefox),
WMP (no WMP,VLC,no-codec packs) etc

[hjpotter92]

Originally Posted by Zangetsu

we all depend on 3rd party apps.so u use only microsoft applications in your PC..like IE (no Firefox),
WMP (no WMP,VLC,no-codec packs) etc

'le me restates:

I don't in general, trust 3rd party apps. But yeah! I still use WMP with K-Lite Codec Pack.

[Zangetsu]

^alright...

let the OP post a feedback on it as now solution is either using Antivirus or other apps as suggested.