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Selectively blocking internet access on windows, based on a pattern in the requested URL?

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Mar 15, 2026133 views

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I need to block access by a certain Windows program to specific paths of a web site, but not to other paths on that site. Therefore I think using the hosts file won't be helpful for that. Is there any way to block access to URLs matching a regular expression or even just those containing a specific…

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Privoxy can do this, set it as proxy of Internet Explorer (or your application if it allows you to). Privoxy User Manual: The Path Pattern

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Selectively blocking internet access on windows, based on a pattern in the requested URL?

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