"Lil' Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote:

>I've noticed lately (as I'm sure some of you others have) that some of
>these rogue antivirus/antispyware installations are setting up a proxy
>server entry in Internet Explorer which blocks or redirects internet
>traffic.

Happens all the time. This is why I launch IE after very malware removal
session. If it works then chances are everything is fine. If it doesn't load
a page, I check the connections and sure enough the proxy is turned on. On
the other hand, Mozilla will load pages, proxy or no.