Sunday, March 23, 2008

How to Block a Website in Internet Explorer

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Internet is a vast web of inter-connected servers which may host inappropriate websites for certain people, especially kids. Following instructions are for blocking the malicious and unwanted sites in any version of Internet explorer only. If you are using Firefox or other browsers, you might want to consider another way to block sites called host file method which is for more advanced users. Here is the easy and effective method to safely surf the internet through IE.

  • Open Internet Explorer. In the Menubar click Tools → Internet Options → Content. In the Content Advisor box, click Enable.
  • Click the Approved Sites tab. Enter the address of the website.
  • Keep in mind - if you want to block the complete website put * in front. For example to block myspace completely, type *.myspace.com
  • Click Never and then OK.
  • Click on the General tab and sure to select Users can see websites that have no ratings
  • Enter a password you can remember easily with a hint.
  • Hit OK. Surf safe Internet.




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