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Joci93
Joci93

Reputation: 823

How to blocksites in hosts file?

I want to block all websites which url contains 'games' keyword.

I know, this is the single method:

127.0.0.1   http://games.com/

But, how can i block all 'games' websites?

I tried this, but not working:

127.0.0.1 http://*games*

Upvotes: 0

Views: 315

Answers (1)

waynethec
waynethec

Reputation: 529

Wildcard matching isn't supported in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts on Windows nor in /etc/hosts on Linux.

If you want to use wildcard matching for 'games', you'll have to download a local DNS proxy that has this feature.

Upvotes: 2

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