How to block twitter. 3 methods. Windows 7

For Business

Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP

For Home

Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP

If you are system administrator at a office, school, college, then you must be looking for a good way to block twitter, facebook, myspace and etc. from the computers. If you are a parent, then you may want to block twitter so that your children don’t open them by mistake. So we want to show you how to block twitter and avoid problems connected with it.
The hosts file method and blocking twitter on Internet Explorer are free but imperfect. Another way is to use special software such as Employee Monitor (for Business) or HT Parental Controls (for Home), which lets you block twitter more effective and has many advantages.

How to block Twitter on Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools
2. Click Internet Options
3. Click on the Content tab
4. Click the Enable button
5. Click on the Approved Sites tab
6. Type www.twitter.com in the box
7. Click Never and then OK
8. In the appeared window type and confirm your new password
9. Click on the General tab and make sure to select Users can see websites that have no ratings
10. Click OK

How to block Twitter using the Hosts file

The location of the hosts file depends on your operation system.
Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows 2000 C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Note! Make a backup of the hosts file and put it somewhere safe, in case you mess up.

1. Open the hosts file using Notepad or other plain text editor.
2. Copy the following:
   # block twitter
   127.0.0.1 twitter.com
   127.0.0.1 www.twitter.com

3. Paste them into the Hosts file after 127.0.0.1 localhost
4. Save and close the Hosts file.
5. Reboot your computer to apply the changes.
6. Try to open twitter into a browser.

How to block Twitter in spite of proxy servers

The greatest shortcoming of the methods described above is is that they can be easily bypassed. For example, web-based proxy servers or anonymizers allow getting twitter. All that a user need is to type in an URL (such as www.twitter.com) and the proxy sites provide the banned web pages for them. Besides, these methods are not universal and may not fit to a certain computer configuration and a type of a browser. So how to block twitter in spite of proxy servers?
The best way to block twitter is our professional blocking software.

How to block Twitter using HT Employee Monitor

1. Download and install HT Employee Monitor
2. Click the Block Websites button

3. Select the twitter checkbox and click OK

4. Visit the twitter website to make sure that you have successfully blocked twitter on your computer.

Our software combines effective internet filter with monitoring and blocking features. It can restrict and record any users' activity. It allows you to:

Block twitter, facebook, myspace and any other social networks in the most popular browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome, etc)
Block specific websites by URL
Block specific websites by keywords
Block websites by categories (Adult Content, Pornography, Gambling, Violence, Alcohol, Drugs, etc)
Block any application (instant messengers, browsers, games, and so on)
Monitor all your employees' computer activities (visited websites, typed keystrokes, system activity, launched applications, screenshots and more).

We recomend two different products to block twitter. For business, it is HT Employee Monitor which allows you to improve the productivity of your employees. For home, it is HT Parental Controls, which helps you make the Internet safety for your children.

Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000