Site Blocker Programs

[Marshal Murat]

Any good ones, on the free side of the spectrum?

[Xiahou]

Any good ones, on the free side of the spectrum?

What are you trying to do? Block a few specific sites? Use filters? Is it for one computer or for a home network?

If I needed web filtering, I'd probably go with DansGuardian, but that may be overkill for what you want to do. It also would require some technical knowledge.

I googled up this for a single-pc solution. It looks legit, but I haven't used it and can't vouch for it.

[caravel]

If you're just trying to block a particular site or sites, then you can add them to the hosts file as follows:

C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       www.totalwar.com

127.0.0.1 is the loopback interface, and binding an IP address to that address causes any requests to the specified host to loop back to the local machine.

[Caius]

Sorry for the bump, but that trick you mentioned doesn't work for me.

[Whacker]

Whaddya mean "site blockers?" Are you just trying to cut down on ads and popups? If so, just install Adblock and Noscript in Firefox, between the two of them I rarely get any ads or popups anymore.

[Caius]

Whaddya mean "site blockers?" Are you just trying to cut down on ads and popups? If so, just install Adblock and Noscript in Firefox, between the two of them I rarely get any ads or popups anymore.

Umm, no. Its my bro who annoys me with a particular site, and I want that site not being able to be accesible in this computer.

[caravel]

Follow instructions in my post exactly and you should be able to block any site, it's a good idea to add "mybrosannoyingsites.com" and "www.mybrosannoyingsites.com". Reboot after blocking it and it should work.