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Message: <blockquote data-quote="comx" data-source="post: 21445774" data-attributes="member: 538630">There are several reasons why you might want to block certain  websites on your computer. Some websites could be spreading viruses,  contain explicit content or even be trying to steal your personal data.  While you may well be more than capable of avoiding these websites, but  that doesn't stand true for every one who uses your device. In such  cases, it might be best to block certain websites.There are  different ways to go about blocking websites. You can choose to block  websites only on specific browsers, the entire operating system, or  indeed your network router. Here's how to block websites.On your computerIf  you want to control access to websites on just one machine, then you  can set up block at the operating system level. This method for blocking  websites is not too hard to configure and will work across browsers.How to Block Any Website On Windows ComputersOne  of the backbones of the Internet is the DNS system that translates easy  to remember (and type) names such as <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</a> into equivalent IP  addresses (8.8.8.8). While you use DNS servers to get to websites, your  computer also has something called a HOSTS file which can have this  information stored locally. This can be used to disable access to  unwanted websites. We checked this method with both Windows 7 and  Windows 8.1. Make sure you have administrator access on your  computer. Sign in to your PC using an administrator account and go to  C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\2. Double-click the file named  "hosts" and select Notepad from the list of programs to open the file.  Click OK. The last two lines of your hosts file should read "# 127.0.0.1  localhost" and "# ::1 localhost".2a. In case you can't edit the  file, you'll need to right-click the file labelled hosts and select  Properties. Click the Security tab, select the administrator account and  click Edit.2b. In the pop-up, select the account again and check Full control. Click Apply > Yes. Now click OK in all pop-ups.3.  At the end of the file, you can add the addresses of websites to block.  To do this, just add a line at the end of the file, with 127.0.0.1 and  then the name of the site you want to block - this will redirect the  site's name to your local computer.4. To block Google, for  example, add "127.0.0.1 www.google.com" to the end of the file without  the quote marks. You can block as many sites as you want this way, but  remember you can only add one per line.5. Repeat this step until you've added all websites you want to block.6.  Now close the hosts file and click Save. Reboot your computer for the  changes to take effect and you'll find that all those websites are now  blocked.</blockquote>

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