[align=center][img]http://www.mywot.com/sites/all/images/50_dangerous_websites.jpg[/img][/align] [align=center][b]CTRL+ + To ZOOM [/b] [/align] I prefer you to do not visit this sites. or visit them if you are curious at your own risk. [align=center][spoiler] from [url]http://www.mywot.com/en/press/fiftydangerouswebsites[/url] [/spoiler][/align] You can Block those site using this trick without using a software [spoiler]Before continuing let me tell how it works, well Microsoft Windows uses HOSTS file located in [%systemdrive%/windows/system32/drivers/etc] to maintain a personal list of web addresses. Any time a request is made for a URL, the HOSTS file will be checked first. If a corresponding address is found you will be directed to that IP without first consulting a DNS Server. The original intent of this file was to define where sites exist; we will use it in this context to define where they don’t exist. [b] STEPS:[/b] * Type [C:WINDOWSsystem32driversetc] in your address bar and press enter key, you will be directed to home directory of HOSTS file [img]http://techtoggle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/01.png[/img] *Right Click and open the “hosts file” with notepad. [img]http://techtoggle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/02.png[/img] *By default your host file will look like the screen-shot below. [img]http://techtoggle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/03.png[/img] *Now in the screenshot below, 192.168.15.1 is the default address of my router, when the user/application will try to access the blocked site, it will be redirected to this IP rather than going to the original website. Note that IP [192.168.15.1] is followed by the name of the website you want to block. Here i blocked the official website of Internet Download Manager, so that IDM may not able to blacklist my key. [Obviously its valid if you are using a pirated fake key]. [img]http://techtoggle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/04.png[/img] * * Well here you go, you can add as many websited you want to block in the list like above. * Now its the time to test that the tricked worked or not??? * Type [http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com] in your address bar and see what happens [img]http://techtoggle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/05.png[/img] * So the page redirected to my router’s login page instead of going to http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com [color=#FF0000] * NOTE: ONCE SITE IS BLOCKED THROUGH THIS METHOD, NO BROWSER, NO APPLICATION OR ANY OTHER MEDIA CAN ACCESS THE BLOKED WEBSITE. * I have tested it in Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 6,7. All of the browsers were re-directed to my router’s login page rather than going to the original website.[/color][/spoiler]

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