I want to block stuff.?

Question

I'm in college. I share a dorm with a roommate. I paid `200 bucks for a new hard drive when my PC contracted a Computer Crashing Worm. At first I didn't know where it came from. But the repairman had given me a list of websites visited prior to the Crash. It was a bunch of p**n and Hentai websites. Now I KNOW my friend friend is responsible for the crash but I still let him use it because he helped pay for it. We bought it for the both of us to use, and I want to know if there is something I can do to block those websites. We use Firefox most of the time but sometimes I use IE. Please help out.

Answer 1

In Windows XP, the hosts file is found here:

C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Once you have found the hosts file, right click it and select Properties. Uncheck the "Read-Only" attribute (if checked). Click OK.

Double click the 'Hosts' file and select "Notepad" from the list of programs to open it with.

Once you have the hosts file open in Notepad, you will see an entry such as:

127.0.0.1 localhost

To block a certain web page from loading, add the following:

127.0.0.1 www.webpage.com

Your Hosts file will now look like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.1 www.webpage.com

Add as many web addresses as you like in the same fashion.

Once you are finished, go up to 'File' and click 'Save'.

The web pages listed in your 'Hosts' file should be blocked from access. It may be necessary for you to reboot your computer for these changes to take effect.