@oddssatisfy Hi again. When I followed the path C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc and then opened the hosts file all it says is:

"# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.

This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
space.

Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.

For example:"

There are no social media site names.

@oddssatisfy thank you so much!

In "Sidebar Setup" I have none of the messengers checked off yet Opera still keeps trying to connect to Facebook (I frequently get the following notification very frequently: "Blocked (General Interest - Personal:Social Networking): https://connect.facebook.net/" from my firewall. Is there a way to stop Opera from trying to make this connection?