Windows still uses the hosts file in windows 8. I did a little looking around and it looks like Windows Defender automatically removes some hosts from the file.
Thanks for looking into it. I have Windows but don't use it a whole lot.
Strictly speaking DNS is a protocol and not an API. Applications aren't required to perform name lookups by using any particular software, it's just common to use what the OS supplies.
Strictly speaking DNS is a protocol and not an API. Applications aren't required to perform name lookups by using any particular software, it's just common to use what the OS supplies.