A friend of mine (who is not a geek) asks me how to stop her little brother from playing web games on her computer. She is currently using Chrome and IE, and I have never done that before, even on FF.
I would prefer a solution that is simple and does not require additional applications.
Although it seems unlikely, is there a solution that works for all browsers (i.e. do it once and I never have to fix it for a new browser)?
Answer
If you know the names of the sites, edit the hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) and put
127.0.0.1 www.site.com
127.0.0.1 site.com
This should stop him from visiting the sites.
That aside, there are many plugins available, but they would be easy to get around. I know if you use OpenDNS as your DNS provider (may need to change a setting on your pc or the router), If you sign up for a (free) account, I believe that you can filter games.
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