Yes, I'm getting the idea that AVG isn't the greatest. I'll try your suggestion, then get new antivirus software! :)

Thanks folks, it's incredibly frustrating problem for the non-IT minded.

Thanks for that, I've made the changes you suggest. Unfortunately I still get the issue after a while (with an ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
message from chrome.) Maybe I need to just stay well away...

The frozen internet connection has just occurred again, directly after browsing YouTube. I've pinged the default gateway as suggested and it's come back fine. Does this suggest a problem with the...

Hi, thanks for the reply. I've gone through the sequence, I'm not sure there's been any change: still getting the "Windows could not automatically detect this network's proxy settings" message after...

Hi, as stated in the title I'm having awful trouble maintaining a stable internet connection.

It freezes regularly, the windows network diagnostic (which only runs when *not* frozen, otherwise...