Howdy,
Hello Max,
This may well be just for XP. Because I have a hosts file of 368 Kb on a 98SE, no sweat at all, FF browser speed normal, nothing wrong. Where have you read this? Maybe you are better off with dns kong. I know inconnu here on the forum, this guy is not bad with hosts files, maybe he has the answer for us. he gave me some very good tips for the hostess.exe program, works fine, Max. As long as it works for me I stay with the long hosts file, check the checksum to see it was not altered by malware, and miss every ad and pop-up.
Greets,
polonus