NoVirusThanks Website Blocker

NoVirusThanks Website Blocker is a straightforward and approachable piece of kit that enables you to restrict the access of other PC users to any list of websites you create.
For example, it can be used to block the access of children to adult-oriented webpages. The app features just a few standard settings.

Simple setup and interface

The installation operation takes just a couple of seconds, after which you are welcomed by a user-friendly interface, made from a large window divided into several panes.
Although this is not mentioned in the setup, the tool integrates itself into the Windows autostart sequence.

Create a whitelist or blacklist

So, you can create a list with domains to block by manually entering one website at a time or by importing a text file, use a search function when dealing with large amounts of data, as well as remove an entry from the list or clear it entirely.
NoVirusThanks Website Blocker has another feature that lets you create a whitelist. This means that all webpages will be blocked, except for the ones mentioned in this list.

Add wildcards, examine logs, and configure app settings

What's more, you can enter wildcards (i.e. keywords) to take into account for identifying the websites and URLs to block, view recorded events with log details, save them to file, terminate active processes, copy data to the Clipboard, as well as add any selected webpage to the blacklist or whitelist.
As far as program preferences are concerned, you can remove NoVirusThanks Website Blocker's entry from the system startup lineup, disable confirmation dialogs on exit, ask the tool to monitor any running process for suspicious activity and to make a note of the allowed websites in the logs, or block HTTPS connections, inbound and outbound traffic, or only unknown websites.
The software application also lets you select the processes to filter, hide notifications when websites are blocked, switch to stealth mode and apply password protection, modify the default log files location, or indicate a proxy configuration for connecting to the Internet.

Evaluation and conclusion

Everything worked smoothly in our tests, as the utility didn't freeze, crash or show errors. Its response time was very good, and it had minimal impact on computer performance.
The only real issue with NoVirusThanks Website Blocker is that it's not compatible with 64-bit Windows. Otherwise, it comes packed with a surprisingly rich set of configuration settings for a website blocker, wrapped up in a seemingly simplistic package.