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In your httpd.conf file the listen parameter should be set to 127.0.0.1 and then in your hosts file you should have entered

127.0.0.1 local.example.com

and that should be it.

I've got this in my httpd.conf:

Listen 3000
Listen 127.0.0.1

NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot "D:/apachedocs/"
</VirtualHost>

And this in my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost

Apart from the "listen" directive, it was all there before. Adding the listen directive (which I may not have done correctly) doesn't seem to have helped :-(

I've tried it with my firewall on and off, no effect.

IN your tools->internet options->connections - make sure "never dial a connection" is selected.

That sorted the same thing out for me in the past.