I have searched this website for an answer to my question and tried all the solutions listed with no success. My computer is shared with the household and someone keeps logging on to a dirty site, to prevent this from happening, I want to block access to the site completely. Can this be possible even for someone as untalented with computers as I am? Any help whatsoever would be amazing.

Its possible, but depending on how knowledgeable the person going after the site is, any controls can be gotten around.

One thing you can try isusing the Hosts file. This is a text file where you can assign a domain to an IP address. So if you assign the domain to the loopback address (128.0.0.1 {I think}) then any request to go to that domain will result in a blank page.

There are third party blockers like net Nanny that can be used to block specific sites as well.

I cannot even locate the host files...I have searched the entire computer and cannot find anything even remotely close to the host files....I know that sounds really bizzarre but its true LOL...is this Net Nanny free?

No, net nanny is not free. Make sure when you are doing a search that you search for hidden files and folder as well. The hosts file is in the c:windowsisystem32driversetc folder on my XP machine.

If you are an advanced computer user you can use HostsXpert to block a single site. (at your own risk)
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If you are an advanced computer user you can use HostsXpert to block a single site. (at your own risk)


This just appears to be a front end to editing the Hosts file. And I would not recommend disabling DNS. When you make a call to a web site the Hosts file is looked at first, if the URL is not found, a call is then made to the DNS. If you disable DNS this will slow down your surfing unless you add the site tot he Hosts file.

By the way, you can also use the Hosts file to speed accessing favorite sites. Since the browser can retrieve the IP from the Hosts file faster than it can from the DNS, the page can be accessed quicker.

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