Out of interest, I wonder what happens if one creates your own hosts
file entry for a target site, but with a different name, say:

mypbay 194.71.107.15

http://mypbay/browse

That ought not match on a full URL comparison...

OK, I'll display my ignorance and ask how using the hosts file could
work when we have already established that VM are not relying on DNS and
are blocking html traffic from 194.71.107.15?

As for empirical evidence, adding to the hosts file in XP "194.71.107.15
mypbay.com" leads straight o the usual VM page about the High Court
order
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Robin
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