Arabic proxy

J1234

J1234

J1234

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My internet seems to be stuck behind an Arabic proxy, not letting me view videos and its displaying my google in Arabic grr! And it seems to be really slowing my connection speed down. In the proxy settings on internet explorer I just selected automaticly detect proxy settings and it went and everything works fine on that, but in firefox when I do that it just goes back to the proxy, I don't really want to use internet explorer as I like firefox, anyone got any ideas?
 
What connection are you using?

You shouldn't need to use a proxy at all, unless it's some academic/work connection. :confused:
 
It's just a home connection, the PC downstairs is fine, it's just everytime I delete the IP number and port number in the internet settings and click on don't connect through proxy, it just comes back again. Done spyware scan, malware scan, virus scan and can't find anything. Very strage..
 
Speeds are definatly affected, pretty sure my ips are correct, will check when i'm back at mine tomorrow. My ISP is Sky.
 
If your browser's changing its proxy settings without you doing it, you've got a virus/spy/malware or something in there.

You didn't answer all the questions either - what browser are you using (and have you tried a different one), where's "the internet settings"?
 
Internet Explorer works fine, i'm using Mozilla Firefox and thats the one that wont change. The options are in tools, options, advanced, network then settings. Can anyone recommend a spyware/adware/malware scanner, i'm currently using Spybot Search and Destroy but it's not returning any problems.
 
Ahhh. Firefox stores the settings, so if you change it from (almost certainly not the right phrase) "use this proxy" with a set of values, then change it to "use no proxy" and back again, you get the originally set proxies.
Unless you're in an academic/work environment, there's no good reason to be autodetecting a proxy (or to use a proxy in the first place really).

If you set it to "direct connection to the internet", does it change back?
 
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tolien said:
Ahhh. Firefox stores the settings, so if you change it from (almost certainly not the right phrase) "use this proxy" with a set of values, then change it to "use no proxy" and back again, you get the originally set proxies.
Unless you're in an academic/work environment, there's no good reason to be autodetecting a proxy (or to use a proxy in the first place really).

If you set it to "direct connection to the internet", does it change back?
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Yeah it does change back :confused:
 
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