Dear softwaremaniac,
My problem is somehow not showing up, which is a good thing. It could be due to some program that I have deleted from my PC. It was called Install shield. I noticed that a message box pupped up saying something “Install shield unable to …update manager .. etc” and right after that browsing went down with the message about proxy.
Install shield was not listed in the installed program list but there was a folder containing some files belonging to this application. I have deleted that folder and since then, (some 4-5 days) I did not have the problem.
Btw, resetting the setting in IE did not solve the problem (as I assumed it did earlier) either; it was restarting the router that helped temporarily.
I guess we can call this issue solved for the moment.
Thanks for help so far. If the problem resurafces I will fall on my knees again:)
Regards