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Blocking of Websites in XP is not Working

I want to block many websites on my PC. I have tried to Block them from "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts" but it is not working. Some days ago i re-installed OS in my system but this problem not solved.... Please Help Me...

Here is a copy of the text written in "Hosts" file.

# 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 http://www.squidoo.com 127.0.0.1 http://www.youtube.com 127.0.0.1 http://www.twitter.com

Where twitter and youtube is added by me.

Thanks In Advance

striker_1
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this might sound really dumb. but if you remove the www does it work?


you might also want to look at opendns.org - it may provide alot more easy to use blocking features for you and is fairly easy to configure and setup

jlego
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I have heared about OpenDNS before...

What is the work of openDNS? Can you tell me?

striker_1
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what do you mean by the work? Open dns is free, you just point your primary and secondary dns to there servers. register with them , provide them your ip (if you are dynamic i think they have software) go from there it is fairly easy www.opendns.org

jlego
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It worked... When i removed " http://www " and wrote the domain (twitter.com) only the browser was unable to open website.

Thanks a lot brother..

this might sound really dumb. but if you remove the www does it work?

you might also want to look at opendns.org - it may provide alot more easy to use blocking features for you and is fairly easy to configure and setup

striker_1
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glad to help mahn

jlego
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