Use security essentials with proxy
If you want to use Microsoft Security Essentials with a proxy, only a few steps are required, which we will show you as follows.
Security Essentials: Use virus protection with a proxy
If you want to use Security Essentials for security with a proxy, you have to do the following:
- Open the Control Panel and then the "Internet Options".
- Switch to the "Connections" tab and then click on the "LAN settings" button.
- Check "Use proxy server for LAN".
- Enter the correct address of the proxy server including the associated port in the address field.
- Save your settings with a click on "OK".
- Start the Windows command prompt by right-clicking and then clicking on "Run as administrator".
- Enter the command "netsh winhttp set proxy PROXY: PROXYPORT" Bypass List "". Replace the variables PROXY and PROXYPORT with the actual data and then press the [Enter] key.
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