Why does this proxy message appear when I try to access facebook
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request GET http://www.facebook.com/?q=.
Reason: Error reading from remote server
Apache Server at www.facebook.com Port 3128
Additional System Details
Installed Plug-ins
- Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502
- Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_39 for Mozilla browsers
- NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.01
- Citrix Online App Detector Plugin
- Unity Player 4.0.0f7
- Garmin Communicator Plug-In 4.0.4.0
- TrendMicro Toolbar Rating Plugin
- Google Update
- Gaaiho Doc Plugin
- GEPlugin
- 20-20 3D Viewer for IKEA - Mozilla Plug-In v5.0.93.0
- NPWLPG
- npbasic
- Zeon PDF Plugin For Mozilla
- 1.9.0009.1
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
- np-mswmp
- Office Plugin for Netscape Navigator
Application
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0
More Information
Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
- Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Check the connection settings.
- Tools > Options > Advanced : Network : Connection > Settings
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Options+window+-+Advanced+panel
If you do not need to use a proxy to connect to internet then try to select "No Proxy" if the "Use the system proxy settings" setting or one of the others doesn't work properly.
See "Firefox connection settings":
