Whoa! Let me understand-- if I want to BLOCK access to a specific site, I can do this by editing the hosts file? If I add it's IP address and name to that list it will prevent the computer from opening that site?
I have been looking for a way to block certain sites on my office network, (such as ebay, aol.com, etc.) that would be easy if it would work! Lee -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Fisher Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PCWorks: Read only File Thank God there are others out there willing to stick their necks out to help people avoid making a mistake from those messages telling them to delete stuff. I sent a message to another list, when they got the message about the JS.Fortnight.B warning. The part about deleting the URLs kind of doesn't sit right with me. I made the suggestion, that instead of deleting the URLs, why not block them instead, changing the line to read 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 like the page at http://www.smartin-designs.com/ suggests. That way, if another infection occurs, the sites are already blocked and you don't have as many worries. Thomas War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. -- Desiderius Erasmus > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For information on using the "hosts" file, go to: <http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/> and <http://www.smartin-designs.com/>. Karl ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
