# Can "hosts" file be locked? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hosts-file-be-locked/693954 "2014-07-24T18:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hosts-file-be-locked/693954/29 "2014-07-26T13:48:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Why not just set up a virtual PC and let him look at whatever he wants? Personally, I’d be more concerned about protecting the computer from malware than protecting the boy from boobies. If you’re aware of a technical solution that could limit questionable sites to those that merely expose “boobies,” I would certainly be interested in learning more. My concern is more that he stumbles upon Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy in a threesome scene that ends when Beast Boy is knocked out by a tentacle creature with rapey intentions towards the two female Teen Titans. More generally, I am convinced that at 12, it’s still appropriate to sharply limit his unfettered access to the Internet, because the questionable material that is available is not “boobies.” I understand that you, personally, would not be as concerned as I, and of course that’s your privilege to apply to your children. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hosts-file-be-locked/693954)._