Ummm... strange/bad happenings

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I finally caved and installed JD's pack. It needs a few tweaks, but for the time being, it's working much better than doing things from scratch.

I also recently installed Supertrick XG.

I use mywebpage.netscape.com to host my files. After installing these things, suddenly, I couldn't access my files! Oh no! I looked through my massive HOSTS list for any accidental entries. Nada. I checked if Proxomitron was causing it. Nope. I was just about to give up, when suddenly, I stumbled across the "restricted" sites list in IE.

As I'd never used this feature before, I was surprised to see thousands of entries. I'm assuming that either Supertick or JD added them. Anyone know for sure which?

Also, I've noticed some slowdown while browsing. Could this be due to repeat/overlap blocking by my HOSTS file, my "restricted sites" list, and proxo's lists and filters?