Portable Simple Website Blocker

Portable Simple Website Blocker is an efficient utility that prevents access to a list of websites defined by the user. A great upside of the application is that the domains in the list remained blocked even when the application is closed.

Considering its purpose, it could come in handy for system administrators, employers and parents, and moreover, anyone who wants to put an embargo on specific domains.

This is the to-go version of Simple Website Blocker, which sports exactly the same features and functionality. However, the portable version brings a higher dose of comfort, since it doesn’t require installation and doesn’t leave fingerprints inside the system registry.

The application’s inner engine allows users to block an entire list of websites, with no limit to the number of addresses that can be inserted into it. The URLs in the block list will be shown alongside the time and date of their insertion, which makes it easy to tell how much time has passed since you’ve added that restriction.

Moreover, the effects of the block list will become noticeable inside any browser, whether it’s Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, etc.

Any of the websites placed in the list can be unblocked at any time, with immediate effects. Once you’ve lifted the embargo, you will be able to navigate that address with no restriction.

During out tests, Portable Simple Website Blocker behaved nicely, although there are a few shortcomings that we consider need repairing right away.

Firstly, subdomains of a blocked address will not be taken into consideration, so if for instance, you restricted an address such as example.com, URLs such as go.example.com will still be accessible.

Secondly, there’s no password protection for the application, which means anyone can access it and remove sites from the block list.

A higher degree of security is expected from such an application, especially considering its purpose.