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| Thread ID: 65457 | 2006-01-18 21:56:00 | Hosts file not working | Peterj116 (6762) | Press F1 |
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| 422356 | 2006-01-18 21:56:00 | I'm probably missing something obvious here, so some help is appreciated. I'm trying to block a website (http://www.fanfiction.net) by adding: 127.0.0.1 www.fanfiction.net to the hosts file. It's saved it OK, but it's having no effect. Running XP SP2, Firefox & Zone Alarm. ZA isn't set to lock the hosts file & after rebooting, the hosts file is showing the change, but still no effect. What obvious thing have I missed? |
Peterj116 (6762) | ||
| 422357 | 2006-01-18 22:00:00 | is the website saved in your cache ? working offline ? | DaveBritton (7395) | ||
| 422358 | 2006-01-18 22:13:00 | what browser are you using? of firewall? with firefox you can use adblock extension internet explorer has content restriction and most firewall have content/site blocking |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 422359 | 2006-01-18 22:13:00 | I'm probably missing something obvious here, so some help is appreciated. I'm trying to block a website (http://www.fanfiction.net) by adding: 127.0.0.1 www.fanfiction.net to the hosts file. It's saved it OK, but it's having no effect. Running XP SP2, Firefox & Zone Alarm. ZA isn't set to lock the hosts file & after rebooting, the hosts file is showing the change, but still no effect. What obvious thing have I missed? as already suggested clean out your browsers cache. also one thing to watch, some types of internet connection systems seem to be able to bypass the host file. rare but something to keep in mind. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 422360 | 2006-01-18 22:44:00 | Thanks for that. I'll try clearing the cache. :thumbs: |
Peterj116 (6762) | ||
| 422361 | 2006-01-18 23:19:00 | I'm mildly curious why you want to block that site - it seems pretty innocuous to me? | Greg (193) | ||
| 422362 | 2006-01-18 23:49:00 | Completely harmless. Unless you've got a teenager on there every day from 9 'til 2 non-stop. :mad: I'm using Firefox's Ad Blocker, which works great when I added fanfiction.net as a new filter. Except that it brings up a big Ad Blocker page when the site is blocked. Any way to change that to a simple 404 page or something? |
Peterj116 (6762) | ||
| 422363 | 2006-01-19 00:58:00 | ... Unless you've got a teenager on there every day from 9 'til 2 non-stop ... But think about all the other things a teenager might be doing. :groan: :help: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 422364 | 2006-01-19 02:17:00 | Except that it brings up a big Ad Blocker page when the site is blocked. Any way to change that to a simple 404 page or something? To get that standard error page you need to redirect the ip address. I would suggest seeing if you can block it through your firewall too. |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 422365 | 2006-01-19 02:54:00 | Completely harmless . Unless you've got a teenager on there every day from 9 'til 2 non-stop . :mad: LMAO :D Reminds me of when I had a similar problem a couple of years ago and blocked the unwanted site in the Hosts file . What happened? The little monkey came on to PF1 and asked why the site wasn't working anymore . . . and one of my "mates" gave instructions how to check the Hosts file and remove the site from there!! :eek: To be fair he didn't know who the poster was until it was too late but it taught me to be even more cunning to stay several steps ahead . :p :D |
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