stephen15c
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Unable to access internet due to proxy settings i cannot change
I have a computer that had a virus/spyware infection.
I scanned with many scanners and removed what i could.
I'm left with a computer that cannot get on the internet due to changed proxy settings.
If i go to internet options, connections and check the proxy settings - they are enabled (no proxy on this network) and all the settings are grayed out so i cannot turn them off.
It looks like a GPO was changed to do this - BUT this is a Windows 7 Home Premium computer - so there is no Group Policy for me to open and change this setting.
I did some searching and found a registry key that might effect this - but i didn't have that key that caused this.
Ran system restore.
I'm out of ideas.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
I scanned with many scanners and removed what i could.
I'm left with a computer that cannot get on the internet due to changed proxy settings.
If i go to internet options, connections and check the proxy settings - they are enabled (no proxy on this network) and all the settings are grayed out so i cannot turn them off.
It looks like a GPO was changed to do this - BUT this is a Windows 7 Home Premium computer - so there is no Group Policy for me to open and change this setting.
I did some searching and found a registry key that might effect this - but i didn't have that key that caused this.
Ran system restore.
I'm out of ideas.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
ASKER
tried. No go.
Although painful, it may be a time for a repair install, and failing that, saving your files and data and reinstall.
are you familiar with regedit?
The proxy settings are within the hkey_current_user\software \microsoft
Internet Settings
A similar path exists if this is a system wide.
proxycfg -d might also be an option.
The proxy settings are within the hkey_current_user\software
Internet Settings
A similar path exists if this is a system wide.
proxycfg -d might also be an option.
ASKER
I just modified the registry (used same settings as another windows 7 machine with no proxy installed).
After i rebooted - problems was still there.
proxycfg commend does not work. Found this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384069%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
but im not sure about the syntax or possibility of using netsh to accomplish the same task.
After i rebooted - problems was still there.
proxycfg commend does not work. Found this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384069%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
but im not sure about the syntax or possibility of using netsh to accomplish the same task.
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I did and it didn't work.
I did a search in Regedit for EnableProxy and I found a few other places it was at and changed those to 0 and that seemed to fix it!
I did a search in Regedit for EnableProxy and I found a few other places it was at and changed those to 0 and that seemed to fix it!
Great. You fixed it. :-)
Reboot into safe mode [No networking!]
Run anti-virus scan [Let it complete AVG/Comodo]
Let it remove anything found
Run system restore [Way before the virus] - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449
Boot into Normal Windows
Try accessing IE options check settings.