Windows 10: Does MsMpEng.exe queries each DNS entry while scanning host.txt file ?

i am observing DNS queries by MsMpEng.exe, i am not sure in what scenario MsMpEng.exe queried DNS and specially when it comes to scanning host.txt file does it query DNS for each entry ?

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Browser /connection security, hosts file and DNS service

You're saying that Open DNS(and other services like it) house their own list of known 'bad' sites, and by using their DNS servers, it will filter out sites based on that list?

Would you believe I was already using Open DNS servers.
This means the hosts file is moot?

And furthering that, if there's any bespoke sites I want to manually add, I could do it through my router directly.

Thus I can empty my local hosts file and turn my DNS service back on?

 

Hosts file editing

OSX has a hosts file yes, unfortunately i dont know its location

this system sounds ghetto though, hosts/dns entries should be controlled at the router level unless this is for the clients to be able to use it all over the place (not in the same building/internet pipe)

what are the IE settings for?

 

Browser /connection security, hosts file and DNS service

Browser /connection security, hosts file and DNS service need recommendation

Recently I have been trying to identify if there is a program out there that integrates addresses from a host file, but then manages it in a dynamic way so that you can still use a DNS service and not get the hang up.
By hang up I mean the process taking up at least 50% CPU usage and causing the system to be sluggish as well as websites to go into a looping cycle/crash out. This happens when you have a hosts file that's significantly large, say 1.5mb

More or less I'm looking for a 'smart' hosts file.