IE9 ignoring HOSTS file, firefox works

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I am trying to edit my local hosts file - it seems that IE9 ignores the file, while firefox (and ping) does not.

For example, my hosts file has the following:

1.2.3.4 [URL unfurl="true"]www.aol.com[/URL]
1.2.3.4 aol.com

When I ping aol.com, it reads the hosts file:

C:\>ping aol.com

Pinging aol.com [1.2.3.4] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 1.2.3.4:

When I navigate to aol.com in firefox, I get the expected "Page cannot be displayed."
When I navigate to aol.com in IE9, i make it to aol.com successfully.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Thanks,
Andrew

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