Every so often, Firefox will give me an error on opening: "Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections". I traced the initial problem (started about a week ago) to some malware that I was able to nuke...but the issue persists and I can find no traces of said malware. It doesn't happen every time I start FF up, which is strange. I can fix it by going into the proxy settings and selecting "No Proxy"; the 'default' seems to be autodetect which it never did before.
Tech specs:
--Firefox 23.0.1 on a Win7 Home Premium machine
--Comcast internet with a Linksys router connected
The newest piece of hardware in the mix is a networked printer, which my mom's laptop will spaz out on every so often (IP address conflict which started at the same time as the desktop proxy problem and also doesn't always happen). I'm tempted to just reinstall the printer completely and see if that helps anything. Dunno what that would have to do with the nonexistent proxy though.
Desktop: every so often thinks I have a proxy server
2 laptops and a tablet: no obvious interwebs issue except can be really slow at times
Tech specs:
--Firefox 23.0.1 on a Win7 Home Premium machine
--Comcast internet with a Linksys router connected
The newest piece of hardware in the mix is a networked printer, which my mom's laptop will spaz out on every so often (IP address conflict which started at the same time as the desktop proxy problem and also doesn't always happen). I'm tempted to just reinstall the printer completely and see if that helps anything. Dunno what that would have to do with the nonexistent proxy though.
Desktop: every so often thinks I have a proxy server
2 laptops and a tablet: no obvious interwebs issue except can be really slow at times
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