Question How can I block 28.35.117.34.bc.googleusercontent.com?

[kacper6768]

How can I block the service on 28.35.117.34.bc.googleusercontent.com to stop it connecting to the Internet? In the Net Limiter program shows me that this service downloads data all the time and I have a little internet package purchased. When I set in the Net Limiter program to block this service of downloading data from the Internet, it stops only for a few seconds and then further downloads data.

I added an entry:

127.0.0.1 bc.googleusercontent.com

to file C: \ Windows \ System32 \ Drivers \ etc \ hosts

But it did nothing.

This service can only be limited by the speed of downloading data in the general settings in the Net Limiter program for the entire computer but then everything is allowed.

Blocking this service itself or the limit is the download speed does nothing.

The same problem is with the service download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

 

[LinuxDevice]

Back when it mattered (when I had a router in bridging mode) I put a transparent bridge between the computer and the router running Linux with three NICs. Two of the NICs were in bridging mode, and the third was for actual access. The two bridged NICs are more or less undetectable by the router and end computer. On the Linux side I enabled bridge firewalling. This helped tremendously with watching logs of who was trying to connect and denying them. Combine it with Snort software to detect and log actual attacks and it did wonders.

Normally I would use a bridge to firewall to stop incoming traffic, but it can also be used with outgoing traffic. If you have a router, then you'd need to place it between the router and the PC.

There are also probably hardware firewalls which can be used in bridging mode without becoming a VPN, but they are expensive. A VPN could also be configured for this.

 

[kerberos_20]

added an entry

127.0.0.1 bc.googleusercontent.com

to file C: \ Windows \ System32 \ Drivers \ etc \ hosts

But it did nothing.

well it did nothing because youre supposed to put their complete host name (28.35.117.34.bc.googleusercontent.com)
so the correct syntax would be
127.0.0.1 28.35.117.34.bc.googleusercontent.com

 

[Darkbreeze]

Or, if you REALLY wanted to completely block a specific process or executable, you could simply install one click firewall and target any related processes, but you need to be careful because there are a lot of google related processes that will completely bork a lot of other stuff if you block it. Google processes are used, and REQUIRED, for many non-Google applications and processes that use some form of Google based software including all of the Chromium browsers to just name one.

I'm not saying that's a problem with any specific ONE, but if you block anything and something else stops working, you should immediately be thinking it's related. In fact, a lot of completely unrelated servers, services and software use google servers and google services, so again, be careful if something is connecting to google and seems like it's not relevant to anything you are doing, because it very well might be and you simply don't realize or understand that it is.

Just like Akamai servers and services are integrated into a great deal of what other companies do, Google's are as well. Which is not to say that this particular IP is relevant to that, but you might actually want to find out WHAT is repeatedly accessing that before simply trying to attack the address itself.