The proxy server is refusing connections error messege display when you open Firefox web browser ?

If the above error messege displays when your internet service provider, router, modem, and WiFi are okay. Probably this problem caused by a wrong network setting in Firefox web browser. You have never changed the Firefox network setting ? This could be done by an adware, malware or any other harmful programs that you have on your computer. So please, don’t forget to do virus scan on your computer. Here is the solution for the proxy server error.

If below method does not work, try to reset Firefox !

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Here is the instruction to fix this proxy server issue:

Open Menu > Options > Advanced > Network Connection > Settings > Change the proxy server setting

1. Open Firefox web browser, and if you see the top-right side of your web browser, you will see “Open Menu” with 3 horizontal lines. Click it, then click “Options”.

2. You will see many different settings. Please click “Advanced” then under Advanced, click “Network”.

3. Now, click “Settings” in connection box. You will now see proxy settings. Check “No proxy”. Click OK.

4. Close your Firefox browser, and open it again. It will work! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Hope your proxy server is refusing connections problem get it fixed with this ! 😀 😀 😀

21 Comments

rahan mandal on January 8, 2015 at 1:06 am

it works…. thank you so much.
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- pntbrother on January 8, 2015 at 2:07 pm
  
  You’re Very Welcome! 🙂
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  - 896675 on July 22, 2017 at 1:27 am
    
    dinet work
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- wayne smith on February 1, 2015 at 9:41 am
  
  holy shit it worked. Thanks dudez
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Sumanth on January 15, 2015 at 3:05 am

Thanx ! Successfully Worked 🙂
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Amin on January 24, 2015 at 1:43 pm

i have the same problem but i try this . i cannot change i go to connection> lan setting> when i try to deselect use proxy server the setting cannot appliyied please suggest me
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- pntbrother on January 24, 2015 at 6:38 pm
  
  Try to reset your Firefox Web Browser
  1. Click the menu button and then click help
  2. From the Help menu choose Troubleshooting Information
  3. Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page
  Hope this works
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Jaymes on January 24, 2015 at 3:12 pm

It didn’t work for me?
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- pntbrother on January 24, 2015 at 6:38 pm
  
  Try to reset your Firefox Web Browser
  1. Click the menu button and then click help
  2. From the Help menu choose Troubleshooting Information
  3. Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page
  Hope this works
  Reply
  - Gaurangkumar A Thakor on January 22, 2016 at 7:47 pm
    
    Hi,
    
    I need help. My proxy server can’t responding in Ubuntu 14.04.
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    - pntblog on January 25, 2016 at 4:34 pm
      
      Have you tried to reset the web browser ?
      Reply
Rehan Ullah Afridi on February 6, 2015 at 6:03 am

Hello sir. What you taught is 100% correct but I want to use the proxy. I am using Free Gate Proxy and I do not want that option to be set to no. As I want to use the proxy. Any other way to correct this bug without setting proxy to No????
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mohite dattatray on April 3, 2015 at 12:57 pm

Thank you. It works.
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Noorullah on April 6, 2015 at 12:43 am

Thanks, it worked well.
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Dwight on April 11, 2015 at 4:58 pm

Thank you I was about to throw it through a window!
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Lisa H on October 29, 2015 at 9:57 pm

Thank you soon much!! It worked
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Robert on February 3, 2016 at 12:32 pm

Thanks so much. I tried eight million other options before I tried this one–it works! Great site.
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Bon on February 17, 2016 at 2:31 pm

Thanks.
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micheal on April 13, 2016 at 12:05 pm

mehnnn it worked like a magic. thanks!
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pijan on April 25, 2018 at 3:23 pm

thank you so much man
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DantheMan on October 24, 2018 at 5:35 am

Thank you – it still works years later!
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