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That didn't work for me but I have just removed all changes to the hosts file and tried connecting via Proton's free vpn and that is working right now, for me.

Ping is 135 (usually roughly 70 to 140 ish.)

EDIT: The problem I had was hanging at "Success".

2nd EDIT: Still working after server ...

When I tried to update the launcher I got a wall of text when opening the launcher and no option to update.

I then redownloaded the launcher and ran that, which gave a small update then when I clicked play it worked and I got in game. I can also join via the wow.exe and via the vanillafixes one.