[dba-Tech] Hijacked browsers

Lambert,
That's what the video was about. Some proxy hijackers can lock down the GUI
screen so it can't be done any other way than what the video shows (or
scripted but I think that's a tad beyond what's needed for most).

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:18 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Hijacked browsers

Have you tried manually changing your Internet connection settings? From IE
(Tools Menu) or Control Panel select Internet Options, then the Connections
tab and click the LAN Settings button.  Normally you never need a proxy
server, so if you see one set up delete the info and clear the 'Use a proxy
server' check box.

Might be quicker that uninstalling everything, but I'd still do a Malware
scan.

Lambert

Prediction is difficult, especially of the future.
  -- Niels Bohr



-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 7:04 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Hijacked browsers

Something has happened to my laptop. When I run any browser, WaterFox or
Chrome or IE, I'm getting this message that says "Unable to connect to the
proxy server". I can only conjecture that something I downloaded has
hijacked my browsers and have no idea how to fix it. I even tried
uninstalling WaterFox and re-installing it, but that didn't work.

The upside is that I have two computers and the secondary one is not a
problem, which is how I'm able to send this plea for help. Any suggestions
on how to fix the other one?

--
Arthur
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