F17 KDE Breakage

[Fedora User]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:17:23 -0500 (CDT)
"Matthew J. Roth" <mroth at imminc.com> wrote:

> Fedora User wrote:
> > 
> > That's it! I never set the proxy in the first place. Clearing the
> > entry restored connectivity!
> 
> That can be a bad sign.  Some malware likes to set the proxy
> in order to hijack your network traffic.

Just to be clear, this was the proxy setting in kde system settings. I
DO use squid behind firefox as a content filter. Apparently, preupgrade
(which needs a new name) made this change. I'm sure hoping that's the
case - in contrast to having had a VERY scary senior moment. That's my
hypothesis and I'm sticking to it ;-)