The Hosts file in Windows 11/10, is used to map host names to IP addresses. If for some reason, you find that your Hosts file has been compromised and that some malicious entries have been added, you ...

The Windows Hosts file is a text file that contains Internet Protocol addresses and their domain hostnames. Similar to an address or telephone book, Windows refers to the Hosts file before it checks ...

When it's enabled, trying to hit "production.server.com" adds a second entry to the DNS resolver cache, one with the real IP address of the production server, in addition to the entry I listed above ...