Internet Explorer

Steps to Block a Website in IE7

1. Open Internet Explorer. In the Menubar click Tools → Internet Options → Content. In the Content Advisor box, click Enable.
   
   
2. Click the Approved Sites tab. Enter the address of the website. Keep in mind - if you want to block the complete website put * in front. For example to block myspace completely, type *.myspace.com Click Never and then OK.
   
   
3. Click on the General tab and sure to select Users can see websites that have no ratings
   
   
4. Enter a password you can remember easily with a hint.
   
   
5. Click OK to safely surf the Internet.

IE7 Tips

• Microsoft uses the Family Online Safety Institute [1] for the rating service. You can customize and see if that fits in your need.
• Consider installing web filtering software such as [2], which allows or disallows websites based on their content. Some good free web filtering software is: Aobo Website Blocker K9 Web Protection, Naomi, NetDog Internet Filter, and SafeSquid.

Warnings about blocking websites

• If someone types the URL in the search engine (Google), and the websites comes up as the search result, then they can click on the cached link and see the earlier version of that site.

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