How do I go about this? Google comes back with numerous solutions on a network, but I want to do it on my home machine.
XP Pro.
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How do I go about this? Google comes back with numerous solutions on a network, but I want to do it on my home machine.
XP Pro.
Blocking port 5050 with your firewall and cs1.yahoo.com, cs2.yahoo.com, cs3.yahoo.com in your hosts file seems to offer one probable solution:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/use/use-17.html
EDIT some sites seen to quote port 5100 for Yahoo messenger
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/w...ebcams-13.html
just use gpedit to disable running it completely. I did this on a problem machine at work. it's under user config / administrative tools / system "don't run specified windows applications" just add ypager.exe and also whatever the install file name is. then set rights on the ypager file so that it can't be renamed. so it can't be installed and the exe can't be run.
You can also do this by adding some entries to your hosts file. We do that to our lab machines here so that clients cannot use messengers, but staff can. Here is an example of our hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost
# Block AOL IM
127.0.0.1 login.oscar.aol.com
127.0.0.1 aim.com
127.0.0.1 www.aim.com
# Block MSN Messenger
127.0.0.1 gateway.messenger.hotmail.com
127.0.0.1 login.gateway.hotmail.com
# Block ICQ
127.0.0.1 login.icq.com
127.0.0.1 http.proxy.icq.com
127.0.0.1 icq.mirabilis.com
127.0.0.1 http.proxy.icq.com
127.0.0.1 login.icq.com previously
# Block Yahoo IM
127.0.0.1 msg.edit.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 messenger.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 http.pager.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 scs.msg.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 scsa.msg.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 scsb.msg.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 scsc.msg.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 msg.sc5.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 msg.yahoo.com
# Block Weatherbug
127.0.0.1 weatherbug.com
127.0.0.1 www.weatherbug.com
# Block P2P
127.0.0.1 kazaa.com
127.0.0.1 kazaalite.com
127.0.0.1 limewire.com
127.0.0.1 bearshare.com
127.0.0.1 edonkey2000.com
127.0.0.1 filedonkey.com
127.0.0.1 winmx.com
127.0.0.1 www.kazaa.com
127.0.0.1 www.kazaalite.com
127.0.0.1 www.limewire.com
127.0.0.1 www.bearshare.com
127.0.0.1 www.edonkey2000.com
127.0.0.1 www.filedonkey.com
127.0.0.1 www.winmx.com
Hi for all...i Have problem that I am using windowse Xp and I want to prevent user to use yahoo Messanger...the IP is optain ....so can any one help me
Did you try any of the solutions above?
Yea I Used it and its works....thanks
Hi
http://www.derbytechsys.com/dts/inde...ograms&order=0
This seems to block all the messenger programs and block loads of popups including the ones with viruses( astalavista.box.sk popups )
Hi for all I used this "messenger.yahoo.com" with my ip adress but it blocked also the email for yahoo...i just want to block messanger
Hi again I am sorry Gyes...I ask too much...but I want to block yahoo Massenger even if I install the messanger stupe from out the pc ...what I mean if I HAVE the setup on flash memory or on cd then i van installed it on the pc...so what I want to prevent it even if it from out side the pc...i successfully bloking it from online but now i need it offline also....thanks in advance
Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
can we also block gtalk by editing host file
regards,
Shridhar
Hi Gyes,Quote:
This is Shridhar
can any one help me to block Gtalk ?
Thanks,
Shridhar
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