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My Internet Is Set Up Wrong

  • 03-02-2009 2:01pm
    #1
    The Volt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭


    I can access the net on Firefox but for some reason my AVG free and software manager are not able to download updates. As well as this I can't get hamachi to connect either. Internet Explorer doesn't work either. I've tried loads of help things online but inevitably I've ended up back here looking like an idiot =/


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    have you accidently set up dailup networking or Proxy for IE?

    Which version Windows?


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    ^^ Definately sounds like there is a proxy configured.
    Open up a command prompt and type in "proxycfg" and tell us what it says.


  • #4
    The Volt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    watty wrote: »
    have you accidently set up dailup networking or Proxy for IE?

    Which version Windows?

    XP, I dont know what I've done but Internet Explorer hasn't worked for sometime


  • #5
    The Volt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    Stephen wrote: »
    ^^ Definately sounds like there is a proxy configured.
    Open up a command prompt and type in "proxycfg" and tell us what it says.

    PROXYCFG is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file


  • #6
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Bugger, must be part of the support tools :)

    Go into tools > internet options in IE and then go to the "connections" tab. Click the LAN settings button and you should see if there's a proxy configured there. If there is, uncheck the "use a proxy server for your lan" box, click OK a few times and try it again.


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  • #7
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Any dialup configured by accident or malware will be in Network Conections and may be in IE too.


  • #8
    The Volt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,957 ✭✭✭The Volt


    Bad signs, system restore was not allowed, virus methinks =/


  • #9
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    Voltwad wrote: »
    Bad signs, system restore was not allowed, virus methinks =/

    hmmm... i actually had something very similar to this over the christmas, could run internet fine through firefox, but all the AV stuff couldn't connect to their servers. was definitly a virus, when i manually downloaded updates for all my antispyware **** through firefox they kept finding traces of it but couldn't do anything about it.

    in short i couldn't get rid of it, had to just reinstall windows in the end. if you decide to do this though be careful, it is transmitted through USB keys as well methinks. just burn everything you need to some DVDs.


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