Well, there's my new stuff learned for today.  Thanks.  I had no idea how many things can "help" with DNS stuff.  If my Dad comes up with another site that qualifies for blacklisting, and the same events happen, I'll hopefully remember this, and keep...

Hi rotblitz, I came across this thread looking for help because it appeared that I wasn't able to get blocking to work at all. ( so I thought I was in the right place ) I had entered my first 2 URLs in the blacklist at OpenDNS and about an hour later...

for general info: I've noticed that the time indicated before a blacklist entry actually works can take much MUCH longer than just 3 minutes.  Several times it has taken as much as 20 hours before a new blacklisted site will actually get blocked (for...