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jebus198

August 11, 2013 02:44

Hi, why can't I block the following sites in my custom list?

www.followfollow.com/

http://forum.followfollow.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23

I tried just using the domain names but it doesn't work. I tried blocking them in my hosts file too, but that didn't work either. What do I have to do to block these sites?

 

 

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  maintenance August 11, 2013 03:15

  First, you can only use domain names. If you are failing to block a site with your hosts file, you are doing something wrong with that as well.

  followfollow.com would be the domain name, and at the broadest level, covering any other subdomains like www. or forum. Neither of those are domain names, although the first is just one character off.

  You must flush your browser and local resolver caches after making such a change.

   

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  maintenance August 11, 2013 03:17

  The forum software hyperlinks anything with www?

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  rotblitz August 11, 2013 11:15

  If you want to block all of followfollow.com with OpenDNS, you enter exactly this into your "always block" list.

  If you want to block it with your hosts file, you would add an entry like this:

  0.0.0.0  followfollow.com  www.followfollow.com  forum.followfollow.com

  No matter what you do, flush both then, your local resolver cache and your browser cache.

  If it is still is not blocked, what browser are you using?

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