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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: REDACTED on January 27, 2017, 12:41:06 PM

Title: Who is changing the settings for internetconnection in ie?
Post by: REDACTED on January 27, 2017, 12:41:06 PM

since a few weeks (month?) i face the problem, that someone is changing the internetconnectionsettings in ie. That changed setting disturb webradiostreams to not be playable. every time i restart or sometimes afftr hibernate i have to go to internet settings and disable "use proxy".

Someone here knows who is doing the settings? Here some screens:
OK when disabled:
(https://i.imgur.com/khMfcFb.png)
Not ok when enabled:
(https://i.imgur.com/hmuEDgf.png)

Title: Re: Who is changing the settings for internetconnection in ie?
Post by: Eddy on January 27, 2017, 04:04:30 PM

If you (or someone there) doesn't change the settings it is likely malware that does it.
Follow these instructions > https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=194892.0