how to remove a Proxy Virus (127.0.0.1:8080) from windows 10
it seems that my proxy is always active. If I disable manual proxy configuration it turns on again. I’ve tried to delete some registry keys but the same keys appear again.
Here is the screenshot of Proxy Settings:
Here is the screenshot of Internet Option settings. In Connection tab Lan Settings Button is disabled.
Here is the regedit settings i’ve changed:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
MigrateProxy
ProxyEnable (which is always set to 0)
ProxyHttp1. 1 (which is always set to 0)
ProxyOverride (<-loopback>)
ProxyServer (which has the 127. 0. 1:8080 IP & currently I’ve deleted it)
Thanks for helping.
asked Aug 8 ’17 at 15:19
I assume you have run a full scan of your computer, and something like Malwarebytes?
Before you can clean up the proxy settings, you must remove the malware that is causing it.
Start an elevated command prompt
Run netstat -abno | findstr LISTENING | findstr:8080 and take a note of the last number on the displayed line. That is the PID of the process listening on that port.
Run task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and go to the Details tab. Find the process with the corresponding PID.
Right-click on the process you found and choose “Open file location”.
Still in task manager, make sure the process is selected and click on “End task” to kill it.
Now delete the file that the process belonged to (explorer should have popped up with the file selected when you pressed “Open file location” earlier.
Now clean up the proxy settings
Some additional thoughts:
If the malware is more advanced, it might have a watchdog process that launches the proxy as soon as you kill it. A good way of detecting the watchdog is to use Process Monitor to see what the parent process is. You can also right-click on the processes and suspend them, so they are running, but unable to do anything.
The only 99% secure way of cleaning a computer from malware is to reinstall it. (there are some malware that infects the BIOS/UEFI, but that is unlikely here)
answered Aug 16 ’17 at 8:04
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Disable Auto Proxy Settings in Windows 10 – rezStream
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Go to Start Menu or Cortana.
Search for Settings and open it.
Select Network & Internet.
From the left pane, click on Proxy.
Under Automatic proxy setup, turn off Automatically detect settings option.
Under Manual proxy setup, disable Use a proxy server option.
Close the settings window and restart your PC.
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How to disable proxy on Windows 10? – Microsoft Community
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Hi Willie,
Welcome to Microsoft Community.
I understand that you are unable to disable Proxy on Windows 10. I will certainly help you.
Malicious software may change Windows Internet Explorer proxy settings and these changes can prevent disabling the Proxy.
I suggest you to follow the below steps to disable Proxy on Windows 10:
Click on Start, select Settings and navigate to
Network & Internet > Proxy.
1. Toggle the option Automatically detect settings
to ON.
2. Toggle the option Use a proxy server to
OFF.
If issue persist, follow the steps from the below article to Reset Internet Explorer settings
and then try to disable the Proxy in Internet Explorer.
How
to reset Internet Explorer settings
Disclaimer: The Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature might reset security settings or privacy settings that you added to the list of Trusted Sites. The Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature might also reset parental control settings.
We recommend that you note these sites before you use the Reset Internet Explorer Settings feature.
Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.
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Try this
Open Registry
Win+R Type regedit then
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Internet Settings.
Double click ProxySettingsPerUser then Change Value to 1.
Hope This Help.
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