What I find even more effective—because it’s annoying to reset and it’s universal for any browser you use on your operating system—is to block websites using your system’s hosts file.

Learn how to block a website with malicious, adult or inappropriate content in Micrsoft Edge using three different methods on Windows 11/10.

The hosts file can be used to block malware and spyware sites but it does so globally and it makes no attempt to meaningfully assess if a web address is actually serving malware or unwanted content.

The hosts file can be used to block malware and spyware sites but it does so globally and it makes no attempt to meaningfully assess if a web address is actually serving malware or unwanted content.

A drastic measure is to alter the hosts file on your preferred computer so that installed browsers can't access the website. This article shows you how to block websites in different ways.

Learn how to whitelist, blacklist or block websites in Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer, browsers on Windows 10, using scripts, HOST File, extensions, etc.

Now that you’ve been convinced that editing the hosts file can significantly improve your online security, here’s how to edit it. Edit the Hosts File Step 1 Go to the Start Menu and type in ...

Editing the Hosts file can block websites. If you want to dig deep into the settings for your computer, both Windows and macOS have what’s called a Hosts file.

Starting at the end of July, Microsoft has begun detecting HOSTS files that block Windows 10 telemetry servers as a 'Severe' security risk.

During work I would like to block some websites, like tech news sites and Facebook. However, when I get home still using the same machine, I want to free them up. So basically, I need to block ...