website blocking?

[Aamir]

How can i block access to some websites in IE & FF.
I am using "Website Block" but it only blocks addresses typed in internet explorer but you can access same websites in FF.
Second, in IE this software directs to a predefined gif but i want to show my own picture(gif).

[Overclocked]

That's easy, just use hosts file. To quote MVPs.org site:

The Hosts file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. This file is loaded into memory (cache) at startup, then Windows checks the Hosts file before it queries any DNS servers, which enables it to override addresses in the DNS. This prevents access to the listed sites by redirecting any connection attempts back to the local (your) machine.

Example - the following entry 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net blocks all files supplied by that DoubleClick Server to the web page you are viewing

Just enter all website addresses in your host file C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC and the problem is solved! See the link for more details.

[Aamir]

Originally Posted by Overclocked

Example - the following entry 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net blocks all files supplied by that DoubleClick Server to the web page you are viewing .

ok adding any address at ad.doubleclick.net that site is redireted to 127.0.0.1. is it possible to direct it to any other address instead of 127.0.0.1?

[Stevo]

Yeah, you can use any IP address. If you have a URL like Google, the easiest way that I can think of to get the IP address is to use Ping from a command prompt and "ping www.google.com". It will give you the resolved IP, then you can just stick it in your text file and voila, redirect.

I think that works anyway...