Block a certain website with password required to open it

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sdowney717

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• Mar 13, 2023

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I got a forum called cumminsforum.com that I want to block.
How to do that?

 

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• Mar 13, 2023

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Found some extensions that block a site, but not yet that allow an override password to gain access.

 

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play2mefish

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• Mar 16, 2023

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I would add the following line to your hosts file:

0.0.0.0 www.cummingsforum.com

Your hosts file is located here: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc

 

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  GIGABYTE B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2

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• Mar 23, 2023

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127.0.0.1 should also work, another option is to use parental controls to restrict access to certain websites on a limited user account.

 

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  Acer Extensa 5630EZ

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  Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)

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  Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX

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  2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600

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  WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second

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  SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER

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  Deepcool Gamma Archer CPU cooler, 1x 8cm fan at the back

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  Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2

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  Mitsumi 101-key PS/2

  Internet Speed

  100Mbps

  Browser

  Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox

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  Microsoft Windows Defender

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  Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4