Is there any way that I can restrict people from going on to certain websites using Mozilla Firefox, my brother has been selling my stuff on eBay, so I don't want to allow him to access it at all, as he's really annoying my parents aswell... he sold something for £3 that could've been sold for around £50... how naive... It would help if you knew how to do it in internet explorer aswell ... any help would be appreciated.

isnt there a way to password there in Preferences , is he using your ebay account or hiss < if he is using urs, go into  Privacy an into saved passwords an i think its Set password manager ,

you should logout from ebay before leaving the pc And even you should use several windows accounts

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Originally posted by Choli
you should logout from ebay before leaving the pc And even you should use several windows accounts

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if you use a router you can block websites, but then you can't access them yourself.

I don't want anyone to access eBay at all, I'm not using a router...

Then you could edit you hosts file to point www.ebay.com to anouther address, that would stop anyone accessing ebay.com.
For more information on host files search google.

thats an idea

goto start > run, and type the following (depending on your OS)

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts

Windows NT/2000/XP Pro  c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

type 127.0.0.1 ebay.co.uk on a new line

so your hosts file should say something like this...

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# Copyright 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
127.0.0.1       ebay.co.uk

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don't touch the hosts file

if you do that, 1st: you yourself won't be able to access ebay.co.uk unless change the file again,
2nd: your brother will be able to change the file, and delete the line
3rd: you'll be able to access ebay by putting its IP in the browser, instead of the name.

I don't want to access ebay at all ... and my brother won't know what to do... he's not that good at computers to be honest, thanks saral .

You can get some basic internet filtering software in many computer shops, it doesn't need to be any of the expensive ones. McAfee do one that's a one off payment, no subscription and you can set it for appropriate filtering for ages, or just to filter only sites you don't want to access. Then you need a password to view it...it's main fault is that it can be disabled by ending the process, which many other internet filtering software products have safe guards against. So unless your brother is a complete n00b it is no good.

CyberPatrol (despite the crap name) has many safeguards to protect against tampering and ending the process, and can be set only to block specific sites that you wish blocked, however I just had a look at the subscription cost and it's around £17 a year...
Look on Google for other internet filtering software...but that's the safest way to make sure it works without complications.

I have the new mcafee internet security , i have 2004 disk ... not installed though...

btw... it doesn't matter, i have a virus ... and I can't end processes anyway ...

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Originally posted by traxor
and I can't end processes anyway

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Originally posted by traxor

I have the new mcafee internet security

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Originally posted by traxor
i have 2004 disk

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Originally posted by saralk
thats an idea

goto start > run, and type the following (depending on your OS)

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts

Windows NT/2000/XP Pro  c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

type 127.0.0.1 ebay.co.uk on a new line

so your hosts file should say something like this...

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Thanks for all of your help people, especially Saral and Megamuff .

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Originally posted by traxor
Thanks for all of your help people, especially Saral and Megamuff .

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Thanks to your assistance aswell, I also found out how this virus is making my browser mess up when I try to enter anything that has the word 'virus' in it...