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Why are my browsers suddenly configured to use a proxy?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202630653 views
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I sat down at my computer this morning and could not access any web sites using Firefox. FF was telling me that "Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections." So I check my settings and sure enough, it's set to "Use System Proxy Settings." Thinking this was suspicious, …

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Fiddler could be the cause. I debug my Silverlight application calls via Fiddler and have realised that launching Fiddler does automatically check the "Use a proxy server for LAN" checkbox. Uncheck the box and do not re-launch Fiddler, and all is we…

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