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I'm trying to block domains in the hosts file, but Chrome is able to load the pages anyways. How is this possible? The blocks have been in place for weeks. I have the option 'Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors' disabled.

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts 
127.0.0.1 reddit.com
127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com

Somehow I'm also able to ping the domains.

$ ping reddit.com

Pinging reddit.com [198.41.208.140] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 198.41.208.140: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=53
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  • Stop DNS client service and disable it
    – SeanClt
    Commented May 24, 2016 at 20:48
  • Did you restart your computer?
    – Sun
    Commented May 24, 2016 at 21:26

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Did you flush your DNS cache? You can do this with the ipconfig /flushdns command. If the name is still cached, the system will not try to resolve it, and will never see your entry.

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