Need help.. again >< Programs for blocking out sites?

[Faux]

Story: Recently, IE's history has been full of.. mysterious nude sites. There's two suspects I have in mind and they are my brother or the kid that we usually babysit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a program that would block sites when I add to the list? I only need it for Internet Explorer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Mercifull]

I'm not aware of any decent free programs that can do this but i did find this on snap files

 

 

 

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pfilter.html

 

 

 

i dont know if it will be up to the job but its worth a try i guess. sounds like it might sometimes block legit sites but theres an option to add sites to the white list, as well as other site u want to block on a blacklist.

[L_B_P]

Why not try go into IE under tools - Internet options - privacy - select site

 

 

 

- type in the websites and select block

[Faux]

Why not try go into IE under tools - Internet options - privacy - select site

 

 

 

- type in the websites and select block

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think my brother knows about that :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Merc! I'll try it out once I get home. I got in trouble last time my mom went on the computer, thought it was me =\

[____]

Technically speaking the HOSTS file can be used as a website blocking "program" ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

[Mercifull]

Technically speaking the HOSTS file can be used as a website blocking "program" ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

True, except it also means he wont be able to check on those sites for "research" purposes on firefox ;)

[____]

Well that's a different issue :P

[Faux]

What are you guys implying? :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't do that crap lol, I get the real thing anyway ><

[____]

What are you guys implying? :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't do that crap lol, I get the real thing anyway ><

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, Matt is implying you might want to visit porn sites sometime but wont be able to (with any browser) if you block sites using HOSTS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But since you got the real thing, use the HOSTS option.

 

 

 

That way, unless your brother and kid you baby sit are overly smart they'll never work out how to unblock sites ;)

[Faux]

 

What are you guys implying? :o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't do that crap lol, I get the real thing anyway ><

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, Matt is implying you might want to visit porn sites sometime but wont be able to (with any browser) if you block sites using HOSTS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But since you got the real thing, use the HOSTS option.

 

 

 

That way, unless your brother and kid you baby sit are overly smart they'll never work out how to unblock sites ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok teach me :) I don't exactly know what you guys mean by HOSTS option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I knew what you guys meant lol, hence the tiny writing.

[Mercifull]

Search for a file called HOSTS (note it has no file extension)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Should be in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC

 

 

 

Open it in notepad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check to see if there are any entries for runescape eg

 

 

 

127.0.0.1 runescape.com

 

 

 

If there is then delete it and Runescape will work again.

 

 

 

If its not there then add a new entry

 

 

 

127.0.0.1 http://www.neowin.net

 

 

 

Or whatever his site is.

 

 

 

This will give a "page cannot be displayed" when he tries to visit that site. Then tell him you wont unblock that site until he unblocks runescape ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thats what i wrote in an older thread where someones brother blocked runescape lol. Obviously change http://www.yourbrosfavepr0nsite.com

[____]

hm, i really should've posted to say i'd already helped him with that :x

 

 

 

Ah well, never hurts for anyone else to know about it :D

[Icky]

Uhm, perhaps it's not very usefull. But why not let them look @ the pr0n. They just get over it. If you are going to say they cannot do it, they will do it without you knowing.

[Faux]

Thing thing is. he doesn't have a 'favourite' porn sites. The nub googles stuff.

[____]

Um, I know guys who have been looking up porn since they were 13 and are currently 24 or so.

 

 

 

When people eventually get over it is undefined and totally random.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And they can get it somewhere else anyways. All ShadowFaxPZ here wants is to make sure they aren't doing it on his computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted they could just download and install another browser but then you can just move onto disabling those applications in the registry if they keep busting through applications to filter content :P

[Chris]

Wow a topic about porn, why wasn't I informed. :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously if any of the sites have valid certificates you can use internet explorers built in protection to block said sites, I'm unsure although if anything like that is possible with firefox. If you choose a good enough password for the internet explorer thing, your brother shouldn't be able to get around it. There are also slightly more expensive options obviously. Go to your local large computer store and ask for programs to protect children from "naughty" sites. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or get your mum to do it. 8)

[Mercifull]

Thing thing is. he doesn't have a 'favourite' porn sites. The nub googles stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you tried using that parental filter program i suggested then? It should block common porn search keywords and hundreds of thousands of adult sites.

[Faux]

 

Thing thing is. he doesn't have a 'favourite' porn sites. The nub googles stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you tried using that parental filter program i suggested then? It should block common porn search keywords and hundreds of thousands of adult sites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep. It's here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow a topic about porn, why wasn't I informed. :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously if any of the sites have valid certificates you can use internet explorers built in protection to block said sites, I'm unsure although if anything like that is possible with firefox. If you choose a good enough password for the internet explorer thing, your brother shouldn't be able to get around it. There are also slightly more expensive options obviously. Go to your local large computer store and ask for programs to protect children from "naughty" sites. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or get your mum to do it. 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did that too lol. I made a mistake and put all of that in lv 0. My mom yelled a me cause the pass lock thing kept popping up even on her yahoo mail lol. Made it to lv 4 now.

[Vape]

Ie -> Tools -> Internet options -> Content -> Content Advisor -> Enable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Has supervisor password option in there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My only problem with this is, why hasn't anyone else suggested it? :|

[Faux]

Ie -> Tools -> Internet options -> Content -> Content Advisor -> Enable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Has supervisor password option in there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My only problem with this is, why hasn't anyone else suggested it? :|

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rick suggested it to me, only on MSN though. Other people has also mentioned it already.

[Mercifull]

Ie -> Tools -> Internet options -> Content -> Content Advisor -> Enable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Has supervisor password option in there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My only problem with this is, why hasn't anyone else suggested it? :|

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because the inbuilt parental features in IE are worthless and dont block hardly anything.

[____]

I'll agree with that. I set it to all 0's across the board once and could still get to pretty much any website I wanted :-?

[Vape]

Whoops. I like opened the reply page and then posted it like an hour later :D

[weezcake]

And if you set the content manager even to a medium level, it likes to block everything. You need a password to go basically anywhere. :P