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I get this message after loading Firefox for the first time (Access denied to system because of URL Filter Configuration) I am currently running IE

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I have just loaded Firefox for the first time and receive this as the heading of a message box Access denied to system because of URL Filter Configuration"".

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

I loaded Firefox for the first time

User Agent

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.4; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.4; OfficeLivePatch.1.3)

I have just loaded Firefox for the first time and receive this as the heading of a message box Access denied to system because of URL Filter Configuration"". == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I loaded Firefox for the first time == == User Agent == Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB6.4; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.4; OfficeLivePatch.1.3)

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Yea How do we fix this problem?

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See "Connection settings": Firefox can't load websites but other browsers can

You can find the connection setting here: Tools > Options > Advanced : Network : Connection If you do not need to use a proxy to connect to internet then select No Proxy