Q:

Chrome Ignoring Host File

I am having issues with Chrome and IE.
They are ignoring the Windows hostfile. When I ping the website URL using cmd prompt, it return with the correct IP as per the host file, however when i visit that said URL on chrome, it is going via DNS and not the host file.
Any suggestions on how I could fix this? I have tried clearing caches, flushing DNS etc. This is only happening on one pc, not multiple.

A:

Are you behind a proxy ? The below discussion would help : 
https://superuser.com/questions/30197/how-do-i-get-ie-to-use-my-hosts-file-when-using-a-proxy-pac-file

