Internet is really a good place to learn a lot of stuff, but equally, it has a real time-wasting and/or dark side where you don’t want your family members or employees to go check out. One simple solution to deal with this problem is to employ some sort of hardware or software solutions which can effectively block unwanted sites, but using these solutions may be expensive and may also require technical knowledge to configure them. That said, without spending anything extra or without messing with a whole lot of settings, there is a slick way built right into Windows which you can easily use to block or redirect unwanted websites. So without further ado, let us see how to block websites using Windows 8 hosts file. Note: Even though we are using Windows 8, this trick will work with any previous versions of Windows like 7 & Vista. What is Windows Hosts File For starters, Windows Hosts file is a simple system file that is used to override the default DNS behavior.

Again, DNS (Domain Name System) is a service which is mainly responsible for mapping the human readable web addresses to its numerical IP addresses. For example, whenever you try to access Google.com you are mapped to its IP address 74.125.227.224. Windows Hosts file is a local file, i.e, it is specific to your computer. Because it is a local file with certain changes (like the ones shown below), you can easily override default DNS behaviour.

Note: For those who are using Linux, check out. Block Websites Using Windows Hosts File Windows Hosts file can easily be edited using any text editor, e.g. You can use your native Windows text editor Notepad. So let us get started. First off, open your Notepad as an administrator.

Host File - Disable Activation - 127 Method 1 - 01. Getting all entries stored into the hosts file even as this file is manually updated (by yourself.

To do that, open your Start screen and type “Notepad.” Right click on the Notepad app and select the “Run as administrator” option from the list. Once you have opened the Notepad, click on “File” and select “Open” from the list or simply press “Ctrl + O” to open the “Open file” window. Here navigate to.

127.0.0.1 example.com 127.0.0.1 google.com That’s all there is to do. What the above line does is that whenever you try to access “example.com” or “google.com” you will be redirected to the IP address 127.0.0.1. For those who are unaware, 127.0.0.1 (localhost) is a local IP address, and you won’t get anything for that unless you configured your PC to run as a server. Once you have finished editing the Windows Hosts file, press “Ctrl + S” to save the changes and close the Hosts file. The changes are immediate, i.e.

No browser or system restart is required. If any user tries to access the blocked URL, they will get the web server not found error.

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The first few lines from the beginning look like the following: # Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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 # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. # 127.0.0.1 localhost #::1 #127.0.0.1 armorgames.com 127.0.0.1 meatspin.com 127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com 127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com •.