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Block Access to Web Browser based Messengers Google Talk,Yahoo and Msn

Block access to web based chat messengers and IM like gtalk , msn or yahoo in your office or school without blocking the whole site itself using the Hosts file.

imageFor example in iGoogle  there is an option to add   these messenger modules(gtalk,msn,hotmail & yahoo). And with this trick you can block only these Messengers but not the whole IGOOGLE itself.

First of all,Open the hosts file located in C:windowssystem32driversetc with your notepad.Add these following lines in the hosts file and save it.

127.0.0.1        localhost                                                        

127.0.0.1       chatenabled.mail.google.com

127.0.0.1       httpcs.msg.yahoo.com

msn_messenger_blocked More messengers can be blocked by adding the server address of the messengers to this file.With this the Gtalk module in the Gmail page is also blocked.

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  • preeti April 13, 2008, 4:42 pm

    can u tell me the server which the msn messenger module used in iGoogle connects to…..please reply me preetirao04@hotmail.com

  • Dev March 25, 2009, 10:08 am

    I have a ccproxy server in win 2003 Server, I would like to block google talk in the google mail and yahoo messenger in

    yahoomail, which is difficult to block. But, I allow the end-users to use google mail and yahoo. I don’t want to use third

    party software.
    How to do it? any solution??

  • Dev March 25, 2009, 10:12 am

    I have a ccproxy server in win 2003 Server, I would like to block google talk in the google mail and yahoo messenger in

    yahoomail, which is difficult to block. But, I allow the end-users to use google mail and yahoo. I don’t want to use third

    party software.
    How to do it? any solution??
    My id: talk2devnair@gmail.com

  • Nisanth May 26, 2009, 6:25 am

    This is not Working…..Sir.
    Pls give me one solution to block gmail chat in one system with windows operating system.
    pls send it in my mail k.nisanth@gmail.com