Windows 7: Apache/PHP - localhost stopped working. How do I get it to work again?

I have installed Apache2.2 on my computer, PHP 5, and MySQL. Everything was working fine until last night. Suddenly, I could no longer connect to the localhost. I think my computer was infected with a trojan, but that has since been removed and I am unable to reconnect to my localhost.

I have updated my hosts file Windows(C:)/Windows/System32/drivers/etc hosts in notepad: see attachment hosts_updated 65kb PNG.

I have tested my connection in the CMD prompt see attachment cmd_localhost 77kb PNG.



You'll notice [::]1, but after updating my host file, it now displays as 127.0.0.1

Additionally, port 80 IS LISTENING

instead of my web browser loading the page as localhost/vote/home.php NOW it loads as file:///C:/Websites/Vote/home.php AND NOW my PHP no longer works i.e. not being pulled into my web page.

...can't establish a connection to the server at localhost.

Why is my local host not working? Thoughts? Thank you in advance.