Several infections will modify Internet Explorer to try to force browsers to use a bogus proxy in order to keep the user from going online. Many anti-malware or anti-virus softwares will overlook these settings as they could be legitimate in the right circumstances.
Greg Wilson, Office Manager
I've seen this keep you from changing the "Use a proxy server for your LAN" check box. You can modify it, but the changes won't save. Since most browsers lean on Internet Explorer for these type of options, it keeps other browsers from working.
You can manually change these settings in the registry so the options will save properly.
1) Open Regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
2) Set ProxySettingsPerUser = 1
Greg Wilson, Office Manager
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