I want to ban certain sites on my PC in Firefox. Anyone know if it's possible and if so, how.

I want to ban certain sites on my PC in Firefox. Anyone know if it's possible and if so, how.

I don't know about Firefox but if you use a router some have the facility to ban ip/URL addresses?

Never had to do this myself as installed Spybot Search n Destroy and had it protect my HOSTS file it added a load of sites to it which redirect to 127.0.0.1 i.e local loop back

if you look at your HOSTS. file

it's just a case of putting a line like

www.dodgydomain.com 127.0.0.1

or you can try a content blocking addon such as adblock plus which will block anything you tell it to can block whole sites i think http://*.google.*/ would pretty much block google totally..

I have the predecessor to this adblock and it works for me but it's no longer updated where as adblock plus is..

Tools > addons and select "extensions" and click the get extensions link on the bottom right.

Thanks Gopher. Someone else suggested something similar too, so I'll give it a try.

I'm surprised Firefox doesn't have something built in. IE does.

I don't know about Firefox but if you use a router some have the facility to ban ip/URL addresses?

I don't think my router has such a facility.

Edited October 7, 200817 yr by AlarmGuard

Thanks Gopher. Someone else suggested something similar too, so I'll give it a try.

I'm surprised Firefox doesn't have something built in. IE does.

I don't think my router has such a facility.

Which one do you use?

Which one do you use?

I'm on FF3 with one computer and FF2 on my lappy

I'm on FF3 with one computer and FF2 on my lappy

Block Sites in Firefox

Any Help?

I'm on FF3 with one computer and FF2 on my lappy

I took a couple of seconds...I mean router!!

Block Sites in Firefox

Any Help?

I took a couple of seconds...I mean router!!

At the office (that's where I want to control content) it's a Zyxel router .... don't know which model

At the office (that's where I want to control content) it's a Zyxel router .... don't know which model

Did you check out the link?

Are you the AlarmGuard of old?

Did you check out the link?

Are you the AlarmGuard of old?

1 No, not yet

2 Yes ..... but less of the 'old' if you don't mind