How do I block MSN Messenger?

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Schools block it for a reason. Spend less time IM'ing and more time on your school work.

Besides, whatever site you do find that might work will be blocked by your school anyway as soon as they see you using it, so don't waste your time.

You can live without Messenger. Really.

Rite now there are kids like me who are trying to go on msn at school i found like 5 different sites for webmessenger on this forum which is antiwebmessenger.

how do i block certain computer accounts(my lil sista's) from using msn messenger. she is on it 24/7. i want it so everyone else can used it except for her. plz help

^_^

You won't BELIEVE how many webmessengers my school has banned, even the ones I keep to myself! It's hilarious and tedious trying to find ones that aren't banned, and if I do, they ban them within a month at the latest. My school's pretty good at that sort of thing. :)

But yeah, I'll always be looking for more! I mean, Sixth Formers get bored in their free lessons, so in some cases, I think we should be allowed it, but that's only my opinion. And yes, I actually spend a lot of time on my school work, in fact, I'm doing it now at home.

Good luck to those who are looking for webmessengers, but you *should* really be working! ^.~

OH! And by the way, I love the way you've set up to give you tips! Hilarious! XD

where can i get an online unblocked im?

How do i ban msn. My brother is doing VCE, and instead of studying he is chatting all night. I know i can ban msn but how do i do it? or better still can i put a user time limit on it?

Thanks

You can stop IM clients (aim, Y!, MSN, whoever) dead in their tracks if you have a way to block SOCKS4 and 5 protocols. The easiest way is to use a proxy server. However, that does require a dedicated PC or server. Here's what I do... My DSL router (a Linksys) has an entry blocking the 'kids' PC's MAC address so it cannot get to the internet without going through the proxy. In the proxy server, I simply deny all SOCKS 4 and 5 communicaion. Done deal. I use Proxy+, which is free for up to 2 connections. Very flexible, and you can even set certain windows of time when IM's, web sites, internet access etc., can be accessed.

Another good free (up to 5 users) proxy server is 602LAN suite. It goes a few steps furture with content management, black lists, firewall, etc.

As for webmessenger sites... you have to do like schools and businesses. When the kids access one, add it to the deny list. The same goes for proxy tunnel sites.

If you don't want/have a "server" to use, there is proxy software available that works somewhat the same, but run locally on the kids PC. Not as robust, but they do the job.

I can see several issues related to IM control here.
Perhaps we can help with the MSN Messenger blocking in particular, whether it is general or for a particular user, network, subnet...

It is NOT free of charge however. If still interested, please request this service from http://www.fyi.it

Thanks. GE.

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