How can I block malicious websites?

How to block a website on windows 7?

• I can not figure out how to block facebook from my computer... i have looked it up, i have done it this way... Click to open Internet Explorer. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options. Click the Content tab, and then, under Content Advisor, click Settings. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. In the Supervisor Password Required dialog box, type your password, and then click OK. Click the Approved Sites tab. Under Allow this website, type the URL for the site you want to allow or block, and then select Always or Never to allow or block the website. Click Apply to save the settings, and then click OK. and nothing seems to work. can someone please help?

• Answer:

  For blocking certain websites, you can edit the Hosts File, and it goes this way 1. Open MyComputer 2. Browse C: (or your Operating system drive) 3. Browse Windows –>System32–>drivers–>etc So the Location will be C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc In the etc folder look for the file hosts 4. Open this file hosts with notepad. 5. At the bottom of the file, add the line as shown below: 127.0.0.1 www.xxx.com 127.0.0.1 www.xxx.com ... 7. Save the file. 8. reboot your computer. Note: In this way add any number of sites you want, however you will need to prefix it with "127.0.0.1". And this way is easily got around