Proxy keeps changing to 127.0.0.1:8118 automaticaly

It seems that my proxy is always changing automatically randomly. If I disable manual proxy configuration it turns on again. I've tried to delete some registry keys but the same keys appear again.

The 3 keys I tried to delete are:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\MigrateProxy
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable (which is always set to 0)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyServer (which has the 127.0.0.1:8118 IP)

It's really annoying that this is happening and it didn't do this back when I had Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Only started doing this a few weeks after the free upgrade to Windows 10.

4 Answers

Please check if any default url setup in below registry path

Left Pan

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iphlpsvc\Parameters\ProxyMgr

Right Pan

AutoConfigUrl

If any default url setup, delete that and it should work.

Another option is simply copy the proxy URL which is being turned on automatically and search the same in the regedit, check where else the url is being used, delete that and keep the parameter value as blank and save and restart.

I tried many options changing ProxyEnabled to 0 and others but this one helped to get rid of the issue

You can start by trying to change settings as an admin.

1. Run Internet Explorer as Administrator.
2. Click the settings icon on the top right corner.
3. Click Internet Options
4. From there, go to Connections Tab and then LAN Settings
5. Uncheck Use a proxy server for your LAN
6. Click OK and you're done!

After, boot into safemode, and disable proxy settings from regedit.

1. Open regedit
2. Navigate toComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings in the left pane
3. Double click ProxyEnable and change its value to 0

The only option working for me is to enable proxy settings per user with RegEdit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

Change DWORD-key 'ProxySettingsPerUser' to '1'

Since this is a system policy you can also try to just remove the key.

Hope this helps.

Please post the key/value pairs in: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

My hunch is that you have a proxy script enabled. I think the key is usually "AutoConfigURL" within the Internet Settings. For example, you can use this key to direct the proxy settings out to a .cgi file on the network to determine proxy settings - rather than using an explicit URL for the proxy. If this is the case, it may be malicious if there is no justification for the script settings.