Ummm... strange/bad happenings

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Odd;

Quote:If the overlap is great, that could slow you down, sure. And sorry, but I personally have only a few sites in my zones, so I can't offer any help as to how IE reacts to a lot of entries there.

The overlap is probably a hundred-thousand sites between IE and my HOSTS, and probably a few-dozen-tousand of those overlapping with proxo.

Quote:You could always disable everything and then time your speed at a trusted site - this would be your baseline number, and in theory, your fastest possible speed. Then re-enable each proggie, one at a time, and test on the same site. (Don't forget to flush the cache each time. ) That's about the only way to tell for sure what's slowing you down.

I've timed it, my slowdown is roughly 700%. As I'm on 768 ADSL, it's still not much time to load, but it's bothersome. I also found that Suertrick apparently altered some of my security and privacy settings. I had to reset my manual cookie handling, for example.

Quote:I have no clue about SuperTrick XG - before I go searching, could you please enlighten me as to what it is?

From the website ( http://filesharingplace.com/supertrickxg/ )

"Supertrick XG is designed to block ads within websites, pop-ups, and also prevent viruses, spyware, and other malicious code from getting into and damaging your system, but it is not a program. It is an installer that is split to many components, so you don't have to worry about it running in the backround and slowing down your system. Most of it's components edit system files or settings. That's right, Windows has the ability to prevent much internet trash, but many people don't know about it. My installer does all the work for you. It also has the ability to shut down some common vulnerabilities within Windows that only has to be done once. You install it and can forget it."

Basicly, a HOSTS file (w/ HOSTS switch, editor, and updater), a windows messenger uninstaller, a thing to set google as the default search, DCOM disabler, and eDexter. There's a few more things, but those are what I was most interested in.