Windows – Proxy keeps changing to 127.0.0.1:8118 automaticaly

PROXYwindows 10

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.

Best Answer

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

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