How to hide static method

Question

Let\'s say I have a classes, like that:

class A
{
   public static int Count()
}
class B : A
{
}
class C : A
{
}

How can I hide this static

Answer 1

You can't, basically. Heck, if it's public then anyone can call it.

You could make it protected which would allow it to be called from within B or C but not elsewhere... but you still couldn't differentiate between B and C.