Select START and click on RUN
Again, I do want to stress this website blocking method can be easily bypassed by a tech savvy teen. Nothing is going to beat a 3rd party software utility designed to block websites. If your kids are younger you should be ok with this blocking method.
Type in; C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc it should look like the run box above. When done click on OK
After clicking ok you will either see icons or text as shown above and to the left. You only need worry about the host file.
Scroll down and double click notepad
A dialogue box like the one below will open.
Notepad will open the host file and you should see a dialogue box very similar to the one below.
Type in 127.0.0.1 hit the tab key and type in www.myspace.com your entry should look like the one below. *Note, you may already have entries similar to this. That's ok, just make this the last entry.
127.0.0.1 myspace.com
127.0.0.1 myspace
Select file,save and then exit. Your done!. Close all your open windows and try to browse myspace. You should not be able to. If you can still get to myspace go ahead and re-boot then try.
Yes, you can repeat this process to block face book, teenspot or any other website you want to block. Just keep using the same 127.0.0.1 and changing the web address.
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Now, right click (not left) on hosts. Next, select Open as shown to the right.
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How to block Myspace using the host file. - Let's get started.
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** Update to step #8. Copy and paste the list to the right into your host file. Myspace has many alternative ways in, and kids are learning these little work-a-rounds. This is a more complete way to block myspace on your computer.
I'll show you 3 ways to block Myspace, The host file method, with I.E. (Internet Explorer) and with software. (*Note: this method will work to block any website)
- One fairly popular way to block Myspace is by using the host file. This Myspace blocking method is described below. The other way you can block Myspace is by using IE found here.
- The two free ways to block Myspace will work but can be bypassed fairly easy by a tech savvy teen.
- The 3rd and best way to block, monitor, filter and control the Internet usage in your home is by using software. Experts agree that every parent should have Internet safety software installed on their computer to protect kids from Internet predators and also to simply keep out the inappropriate media that has become so easily accessible. Blocking and monitoring Software with an active hands on parent is the absolute best way to protect children from adults who are trying to take advantage of them, and from any type of media a parent finds objectionable. Parents need to understand they can and should control what they allow into their homes via the Internet. What can be easily accessed on the Internet is far worse then what can be accessed on T.V. or a video. The two software packages we recommend you look at are: Spector Pro and PC Tattletale. Both can be purchased,downloaded and installed in minutes. Take a moment and review the software options.
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Spector Pro records your child’s MySpace activity so you will know exactly what he/she is doing while on MySpace. You will see when they update their profile, post pictures, make comments about other MySpace users, send messages to other MySpace users, invite someone to be a friend, accept an invitation from a new friend, and much more.
Spector Pro on Myspace: MySpace is the most popular site for teenagers to hang out on the Internet.
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Unfortunately, the information they post about themselves is readily available to almost anyone else using MySpace, and that includes millions of adults of all ages, thousands of whom are sexual predators trying to prey on young people.
Parents tell us every day of their great concern about the dangers posed by MySpace to their children, and there are stories in the press almost daily about adults soliciting and meeting children they found on MySpace.
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