Video tutorial here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jko4yOmCnk

ForceDNS is a free, open source app that forces your pc to browse the web with a custom DNS.

• You are a parent and would like to restrict the access of certain websites to your children.
• You have an internet related addiction (video streaming, gambling, pornography, compulsive shopping) and you would like to stop.

• Forces your network adapter card to use a custom DNS until a set date and time
• "Locks" your settings for the selected date and time
• Hard to bypass even for a user with admin privileges

Computers have no idea what google.com or any other website name means. All they understand is numbers and network addresses.

A dns is a service that "translates" google.com into a network address, so that your browser can find the page and load it on your computer.

it's like a phonebook but for websites.

Let's say you want to call your friend Bob. Unless you know his number, you'll have to use a phonebook to look up his name and thus find his phone number. A dns does exactly the same thing, but with website names instead of people's names.

Every time you type a website into your browser's search bar, it loads because your dns is able to find the corresponding network address in a huge database online.

there are many companies providing both free and paid dns servers, so the benefits can be different depending on your choice.

• Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS offers a free dns with a faster and more privacy-friendly internet experience
• OpenDNS FamilyShield offers a free dns that blocks website domains that are categorized as: Tasteless, Proxy/Anonymizer, Sexuality and Pornography

some dns servers are also able to:

• block ads
• offer protection against phishing
• bypass censorship and geo-locked content.

Paid dns servers offer more customization and more features.

Go to the relase page here

Release Page

and download the latest version of the installer.

After the installation double click on the newly created icon "ForceDNS Settings"

By design, you will find it difficult to uninstall the app, especially while it's running.

You can uninstall ForceDNS only when the app is not running and by clicking the button Uninstall, like in the picture below.

if you find any bugs, please open an issue here on github and attach the .log file you'll find in your installation folder.