Safari and Software Update can't access the internet; Camino and Mail can

Using my account (which is admin):
Launch Safari - a blank page is displayed, and nothing happens for about 20 secs. During this time, "Finder" is still displayed in the menu bar.
After 20 secs, "Safari" is displayed in the menu bar, but no page loads. Click 'stop' and 'reload', and the page will load. But move the mouse, try and click a link on the page, or anything else, and Safari hangs for a few seconds, and then quits.
Open System Preferances, and run Sofware Update. After about 30 secs, a message saying "Can't connect to update server" is displayed.
Launch Camino - pages load straight away - no problems.
Launch Mail - new mail is downloaded - no problems.
Using another user account: Everything works perfectly.
I first noticed these problems a few days ago. It seemed to coincide with connecting a Windows laptop to the Mac using an Airport Express. I turned on 'Windows Sharing' on the Mac, and on the laptop, clicked 'Run...' and typed the IP address. It asked for my username/password (I entered the same admin account details), and then I could see my Home directory in Windows Explorer.
This may have nothing to do with it, but the Mac problems weren't evident before this!
Some other info:
I use a Netgear ADSL modem/router connected straight to the Mac. All the default settings are used. The Airport Express is normally off, and is used ad-hoc when I want to use the laptop.
"Get Info" reports about 15GB of spare hard-drive space.
I've repaired permissions, and run DiskWarrior.
I've moved out many of the .plist files one at a time and relaunched Safari, but it didn't help.
Any ideas anyone ?
Damon

Restore them from a backup, or restart with the Command and R keys held down and reinstall Mac OS X.
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