Contact A T & T if that's your internet provider. I had similar problems with Thunderbird for my e-mail after I got my new computer and started using Windows 8.1. I contacted my ISP and got it solved without much problem at all. Hope this helps. Deb On 5/1/2014 11:41 AM, Wanda Ridge wrote: > In view of the security problem with IE, I downloaded Mozilla Firefox. Now I am receiving the following message: > Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections. > Is this something I can correct or must I call AT&T? > > I hate to change any configuration as I like IE and will go back to that when the security problem is corrected. > Thanks for help. > Wanda > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >