Detecting Proxy Setting

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Help Needed ASAP. My operating system is Windows XP, MS Office 2003 Pro,
and I use Outlook Express 6 on Comcast with McAfee Firewall, Virus, etc.
My CPU is Intel Pentium 4 - 2.53 MHz, and I have 512MB RAM.

Last night I received a notice of -- detecting proxy setting -- I was not
downloading from any web site. I had received no warning from McAfee.
But then my computer began "freezing up"
-- while I only had my desktop open
-- I could not open any program
-- I could not even do a restart from my desktop
-- I tried "control, alt, delete" but nothing was running in the dialogue box.
-- The "End Task Now" would not work
-- The dialogue box did show "100% CPU usage"
-- Finally, I tried to do a "Restart" from the "End Task Now" menu on the
dialogue box . . . my computer would start to shut down . . . but then would
"freeze up."
At last resort, I manually turned off the switch to the computer.
I restarted my computer 6 times, but that did not eliminate the "freeze up."
Finally, I was able to do a manual virus scan for any viruses.
McAfee reported, No Viruses Found.

This E-mail to the Windows XP NewsGroup is the only thing that I have tried
to do
since completing the virus scan.
Please instruct me how to eliminate the "freeze ups."
Your help is urgently need, and will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
 
See if you find a check to remove from the box for "Automatically detect
settings" in IE, tools menu, Options, Connection tab, Lan Settings button.
 
Thank You, Mark, for responding to my request for help.

I followed your instructions, and removed the check from the box for
"Automatically detect settings."

Next, I wanted to reply to your instructions, but when I would click on the
link for the Windows XP Help and Support NewsGroup -- nothing would happen.
I clicked on the link several times, but nothing would happen.

Next, I did a restart from my desktop.
Then, when I moved my cursor to the "start" button, I would only get an hour
glass and I repeated the procedure many times with the same results.

Next, I did a manual turn "off" of my computer.

When my computer restarted, and my desktop came back up,
I clicked on the Windows XP Help and Support NewsGroup and waited -- it was
much slower than normal, but finally your response showed up, so my reply to
you is the first and only thing that I have done since following your
instructions.

If you have additional wisdom and instructions, please respond.

Do you know why the End Task Dialogue Box would show my CPU usage 100%,
when only my desktop was open -- without any applications running?

If you can provide additional help, please help me.

Again, Thank You,
 
I hope I'm not Intruding, but try this tools to see what is running in the
background, try to turn Windows Updates OFF.
Process Explorer for Windows v10.21
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Filemon.mspx

List all the DLLs that are currently loaded, including where they are loaded
and their version numbers. Version 2.0 prints the full path
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ListDlls.mspx

Try these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit or you can send them here in your next
post) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.

Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and uncheck
this box:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Apply
then OK to close your IE Properties.

2.... And also for malwares from here:
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D
Download and install after installing this software and
update then run a scan in both safe mode and normal:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5

Run disk Clean Up and Defrag in safe mode, then Open run command and type in:
sfc /scannow click [OK]
Note the space between sfc_/
HTH.
nass
 
The tool that fixed it quickly for me is a FreeWare version 4.3 of the tool
Proxy Way, www.proxyway.com

Tim


nass said:
I hope I'm not Intruding, but try this tools to see what is running in the
background, try to turn Windows Updates OFF.
Process Explorer for Windows v10.21
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Filemon.mspx

List all the DLLs that are currently loaded, including where they are loaded
and their version numbers. Version 2.0 prints the full path
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ListDlls.mspx

Try these cleaning steps:
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit or you can send them here in your next
post) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.

Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and uncheck
this box:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Apply
then OK to close your IE Properties.

2.... And also for malwares from here:
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D
Download and install after installing this software and
update then run a scan in both safe mode and normal:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5

Run disk Clean Up and Defrag in safe mode, then Open run command and type in:
sfc /scannow click [OK]
Note the space between sfc_/
HTH.
nass
---
www.nasstec.co.uk
Ray10X10 said:
Thank You, Mark, for responding to my request for help.

I followed your instructions, and removed the check from the box for
"Automatically detect settings."

Next, I wanted to reply to your instructions, but when I would click on the
link for the Windows XP Help and Support NewsGroup -- nothing would happen.
I clicked on the link several times, but nothing would happen.

Next, I did a restart from my desktop.
Then, when I moved my cursor to the "start" button, I would only get an hour
glass and I repeated the procedure many times with the same results.

Next, I did a manual turn "off" of my computer.

When my computer restarted, and my desktop came back up,
I clicked on the Windows XP Help and Support NewsGroup and waited -- it was
much slower than normal, but finally your response showed up, so my reply to
you is the first and only thing that I have done since following your
instructions.

If you have additional wisdom and instructions, please respond.

Do you know why the End Task Dialogue Box would show my CPU usage 100%,
when only my desktop was open -- without any applications running?

If you can provide additional help, please help me.

Again, Thank You,
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