No, Para-Noid, I don't have any blocking software.
As I mentioned in an earlier comment, it's possible that the problem might be related to that sudden AOL message that I've been getting after bootup is finished of something along the lines that the AOL Host Manager was not loaded because some dll could not be found.
It's no biggie. I'll just let it go.
As long as the websites that I actually use still work, and they do, then I'm okay.