How block website

Ive been using the host file to block 1000's of sites for years and it works great. Except for one site: ecosia.org. Does anyone know why?

Blocking Websites With The Hosts File ... Enter the localhost IP of 127.0.0.1. Press the tab key and enter facebook.com. Press Enter to go to the ...

To block a website by using the Hosts file, you need to open the Command Prompt as an administrator (You can search this program in Windows ...

In the hosts file, enter a new line with the localhost IP and the site's domain name to be blocked. In our example, figure 11, we use the hosts ...

If you are looking at blocking more specifically then the domain name level you will need an alternative strategy like a URL Blocker plugin ...

You can use a modified HOSTS file to block ads, banners, 3rd party Cookies, 3rd party page counters, web bugs, and even most hijackers and possibly unwanted ...

To prevent access to particular sites, we can amend the /etc/hosts file to redirect the requests the browser/system makes to an invalid or loopback IP address.

To block a website, open the hosts file as an administrator and go to the very bottom. On a new line, type 127.0.0.1, press the spacebar once, ...

I'm trying to block specific websites on a specific machine. Them internets suggest editing the hosts file. I did so, exactly as specified (using both 127.0.0. ...

If you have a list of websites that you have to block or don't want to use a firewall, then you can skip them completely and sort out ...