Blocking is denying access to something. You can block applications, websites, access, or any other number of things. Blocking will stop the item from accessing whatever you've blocked it from.
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Blocking a game on XP with the hosts file
In the Windows XP hosts file (C:\windows\drivers\etc\hosts) replaces the mnemonic format with an ip address locally before talking to the dns. Previously, I have used the four slots for hosts and ...
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How to restrict internet access
Can someone tell me if there is a way to limit Firefox internet access to specific websites pre-defined in a list. So the list will define the only allowed websites and not the blocked ones.
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How to get around geographic restrictions viewing online content?
Sometimes I want to watch soccer video content on British websites, but they're blocked due to geographic restrictions (I live in the US). Is there a tool or something that I can use to get around ...
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What does ABE mean?
What is ABE?
Context is using Firefox and opening a link in a Google search. Firefox or NoScript is displaying:
... "filtered by ABE: LOCAL Deny"
Platform: Firefox 3.5.3, Windows XP 64 bit, ...
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Is there a simple way to detect ISP port blocking?
Is there a way to tell the difference between my ISP blocking traffic on certain ports and my NAT router/firewall blocking that traffic? The sites “Shields Up” and “Can you see me” show my ports ...
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Block site on a PC logged into a domain and using a proxy
I read lot of posts related with blocking sites. Most of the posts says to edit hosts file. I know it is a good method. But this one is not working for me.
Can you guess what is the issue by ...
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Windows 7 / IE9 - how to block all sites except few?
I'm setting up a PC for a 5-year-old. I want to allow access to the Internet to a handful of sites only.
Tried IE Content Advisor, but it doesn't support blocking all (or I missed something)
I tried ...
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Firefox plugin to block scripts of only specified websites
I'm looking for a Firefox plugin that blocks JavaScript from specified URLs.
Example:
I add: "google-analytics.com"
It then blocks all scripts coming from Google Analytics.
Essentially a ...
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Chrome pop-up blocker fail?
I have this problem since just a few days. I've been a heavy Chrome user for several years, but it never happened before: Sometimes absolutely uncalled for pop-ups appear, when I click something ...
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Blocking flash drives and SD cards with a password?
I'm trying to set up a Windows 7 laptop such that you must enter a password to access any flash drive, SD card, or other USB media, no matter its format or encryption (if any). However, I should ...
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Is my Windows Firewall active?
I'm trying to set a simple public block for an application for both inbound and outbound connections. I'm using Windows 7, but my friend is still able to connect to the application. Steps I took are ...
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1answer
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Messed up USB stick doesn't show in blkid
I was playing around with a USB stick (booting archlinux with qemu off of it and trying to perform an installation on the same stick at the same time -- brave, I know, but I was just messing around).
...
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Is there a LeechBlock extension (or extension with a similar functionality) for Chrome?
The LeechBlock Firefox extension lets you block specific websites after a predefined time etc. Is there a similar extension for Google Chrome?
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Certain banking pages not loading
For some unknown reason, I am suddenly unable to access my accounts at several banking and credit sites. I have been a registered user at each site for several years and know I am using the correct ...
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2answers
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How to block a port for specific time?
I want to block a port for a specific time duration, say 1 am to 3 am. I can add a rule to built in firewall but this blocks the port all the time. Is there any way to do this for only a specif ...
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1answer
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Completely lock a computer and force it to use a single application
I'd like my windows 7 computer to use ONLY a single application developed in .net
No task manager, no nothing: just this single application automatically opening at startup.
I'd also like to have a ...
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How would I isolate one networked PC to LAN only?
I would like to have one of my PCs available to the rest of my home network for file sharing and VNC access, but I want to block any Internet traffic going to and from the PC.
In other words, I want ...
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Block a user from accessing internet on Linux
How do I block a user from accessing the internet under Linux?
I'm trying the following:
iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80,443 -m owner --uid-owner $USERNAME -j DROP
Is that the right syntax or ...
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How SmartDNS Works
If you travel outside the US you'll notice that most of the streaming services like Netflix, Pandora, hulu etc are blocked, usually by the service providers themselves. To get around that, people use ...
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Trying to remove block on internet traffic, can't figure out how it was blocked
We have a Windows XP SP3 computer that a coworker previously blocked outgoing internet activity on. Now we are trying to restore it, but the coworker can't seem to remember how he did it. Some amount ...
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Is my ISP blocking the ports 5050 and 6060
I want to find out whether or not my ISP is blocking the ports 5050 and 6060 which I need for my voip software on my iPhone. I'm using a 3G stick with a prepaid plan, and I'm using the internet ...
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1answer
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Blocking a website after two visits in the same day in Google Chrome
How do I block myself from visiting a website after having already going to it twice before in the same day?
I'm trying to impose a self-block in Google Chrome, maybe an extension would help, where ...
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Wildcard blocking of bots in Apache
I run a site which provides Subversion & TRAC for lots of open source projects. This works pretty well with one exception: Many search engines do not care about robots.txt and DoS the webserver ...
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Is there a tool that monitors and blocks installation if a software installation tries to install 3rd party software?
Software companies sometimes create an installation routine that if the user doesn't read carefully installs bunch of 3rd party software, such as Google toolbar, Yahoo toolbar etc.
Is there a small ...
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2answers
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How to block a single .js file in ie6?
Been banging my head on the desk for two hours now. I need to block JUST ONE .js file in ie6 (need to keep JS enabled in the browser):
http://php.net/ie6update/ie6update.js
That DARN script breaks ...
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1answer
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Get block number / position of file on HDD (linux)
How can I retrieve the block number(s) of a certain file in a file system (the blocks the file is using on the harddisc)?
I'm using the gentoo linux based SystemRescueCD, so I got plenty of tools ...
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How to block a website in Google Chrome?
I need to block a couple of websites in Google Chrome. I don't want to edit my hosts file, because I want to get to those sites from other browsers.
Is this possible at all?
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Windows 8 firewall blocks browser downloads
I have a curious issue with the windows 8 firewall. When using chrome and internet explorer for hotmail I can't download word or pdf attachments. I also tried to download adobe reader with with ...
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How to block certain domains on a computer that is behind a proxy on which I have no control
The situation:
There is a windows 7 machine that can connect to internet only through an organisation's proxy.
I have no control over the proxy servers.
There is a single administrator account on ...
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1answer
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Host file entries are ignored when accessing my University's WLAN
I set up my hosts file in Windows 7, so I can't access certain time-wasting sites. It works fine when I am back home, but as soon as I connect to my University's WLAN, I can still access all sites ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to block just mobile traffic(Android/iPhone) & allow connections from Laptops on a WLAN?
Hardware: Dlink AP, Sonicwall,
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McAfee blocking PDFs
I'm running Windows XP SP3, with Adobe Reader 10.1.3. I also have McAfee.
I have always been able to open PDFs in Adobe Reader with no trouble. Now, all of a sudden, I can't.
If I turn off McAfee ...
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Kaspersky is blocking my batch file
I made a batch file that is seen as malicious by Kaspersky. How can I tell that it is an acceptable file? I've found how to add an exception, but I can only add .exe, not .bat.
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Mac OS Modal Dialog Offscreen Blocking Google Chrome?
I have a MacBook Pro that I take from work to my house. I rarely open the lid and almost always hook up to an external monitor.
I frequently find, and I'm unable to find a pattern to consistently ...
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1answer
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Windows Firewall Configuration for Blocking Internet Access
I have a PC and a laptop. I would like to make my PC act as server and my laptop as a client. I want to implement a freeware HTTP proxy (freeproxy 4.10) on my PC so that it can filter certain web ...
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Block Youtube videos but not html content
How could i block the display of youtube videos (they are killing our small office) but leave navigation through the youtube HTML pages still active ?? any ideas ?
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Is there a program for Windows that allows me to voluntarily block a list of websites for a limited amount of time?
I am looking for something similar to RescueTime or SelfControl, both of which are available for Mac OS.
Basically, I wish to enter a list of websites that are to be blocked, and then set a timer for ...
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Windows 7 Symantec Endpoint Protection Problem
In my company, we use symantec endpoint prodection. But i have an update problem like this.
How can i solve it? Can Windows 7 block symantec update?
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Block all ports except SSH/HTTP in ipchains and iptables
How can I block all ports except
ssh (port 22)
httpd (port 80)
using iptables and iphains?
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Downloaded chm is blocked, is there a solution?
CHM files that are downloaded are often tagged as potentially malicious by Windows, which effectively blocks all the html pages inside of it. There's an easy fix (just unblock the file after you ...
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How to jump through an IP ad in firefox?
I use firefox (under Linux/Ubuntu) with a lot of anti-ad extension, like adblock, NoScript, Ghosty etc.
I found this IP 220.191.158.69 always in the list of NoScript, I want to ban this IP. I have ...
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Stop Windows Media Player from connecting to Internet/MS using hosts file or alternate method?
Is there a way to prevent Windows Media Player from connecting to the internet and MS using the hosts file or other methods?
Edit: (Nov 20 2009 at 19:16)
I have both VLC and MPC and I do use them. ...
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How can I block a website in a way that isn't easily reversible, or requires a password to reverse?
A friend asked me to block a website on his computer, and not tell him how I did it. He knows about the hosts file, and ends up just unblocking the site himself if it's blocked from the hosts file.
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How to prevent my computer to connect to certain IPs?
What is the best way to prevent my Windows computer to access certain IPs?
So far, I did it by adding this kind of lines to my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 219.141.147.70
However that doesn't seem ...
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Unable to access websites
Recently I have had some problems accessing websites. When I try to access them it says:
This webpage is not available.
I tried accessing the site through Firefox, Internet Explorer and Chrome. ...
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Block “document.location” Javascript redirect on one page
I have a site where I want to prevent the page from reloading using a document.location in a script tag. How can I do this in Firefox?
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Block websites in google chrome incognito mode?
I try a lot of website blocker extension for chrome, but these extension not working in incognito mode. How can I block a website completely in Google chrome?
Thank you for the answers.
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How can I block users with Windows Live Messenger?
Silly me: I installed Windows 7. Of course it breaks tons of things. Now for another basic how-to question for an essential function that the Microsoft Newbies seemed to remove.
I am getting spamed ...
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How to prevent SPAM email from Yahoo Mail?
I am receiving same SPAM from Yahoo Mail. Accounts look to be different only having 8 random characters everytime like this:
hfirnybp@yahoo.com
ncbfkuop@yahoo.com
opaswtui@yahoo.com
How to block ...
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Feedback to router users during access-restricted hours for DD-WRT
Following router schedule rules that I change often, the stock firmware on my D-Link 825NA rev. B redirects HTTP requests to a built-in "Access denied!" warning at appointed times.
I just upgraded ...
