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With Internet Explorer it's simple: you go to the settings menu, add websites you want to block, just randomly enter a sequence of letters and numbers so you cannot ever know the password, and it's done. (You could uninstall and re-install Explorer, but that's too big a pain to actually do that.)

With Firefox, its a different question. The main method is to add certain add-ons, like blocksite. However, add-ons like this have one FATAL flaw: you just deactivate the add-on and restart Firefox (which in all takes just a few seconds), et voilá... Too easy a by-pass to block you from not visiting certain websites.

I need to work on my bloody thesis, and seriously need to block like 10 websites. HOW?! Please help.

PS: can't have anything to do with the router, since there are several people using it, and adding URLs in the HOST also ain't good enough...

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Install a proxy server that blocks requests from your machine to the websites. If I'm really reading that you're addicting to a series of sites to the point where it interferes with your work or life, you might want to consider therapy as well. Seriously. If it's interfering with your life, you need to seek assistance.

There is such a thing as Internet Addiction...

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  • Not addicted it's just too easy a coffe break that always runs out, the internet is jus very interesting and there are too many links. Good enough for you? – Jan-Bart Jun 04 '11 at 08:41
  • Very defensive, considering my advice. You're unable to keep yourself without PERMANENTLY BLOCKING websites from getting your work done, and then you insult me for telling you that you might need to seek assistance. Hmm... – Bart Silverstrim Jun 04 '11 at 10:07
  • The college I went to had a professor that did work on Internet Addiction. I know it's real. Your question was basically pleading with people to tell you how to permanently keep you disconnected so you could get your THESIS written. That tells me you *have a problem*. – Bart Silverstrim Jun 04 '11 at 10:08
  • So either take your defensive attitude and shove it, or really...reread your question and what you're asking and ask yourself what that question is really saying. To me, and several others that looked, it shows someone who really has a problem and should be getting help. – Bart Silverstrim Jun 04 '11 at 10:09
  • Is that "good enough for you?" – Bart Silverstrim Jun 04 '11 at 10:09
  • +1 Like a moderate case of Internet Addiction. – Chris S Jun 05 '11 at 14:26
  • "Not addicted it's just too easy a..." Okay, whatever you say. "I'm not an alcoholic, I just need you to take these bottles and put them in a locked cabinet and hide the key where I can't find them because it's too easy to have a little bit and I need to get my work done..." *Get Help.* – Bart Silverstrim Jun 05 '11 at 15:14
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Given the apparent lack of self-control, register for OpenDNS.org and configure your machine to use their nameservers. Then blacklist the sites you can't keep yourself away from. Added bonus: works for everything. No need to jack around with reinstalling IE.

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