This post explains threats related to Proxy Auto Config PAC files and how to avoid malicious redirection manually or via Phrozensoft Auto Config Risk Protector.

How to Configure Safari Proxies. A proxy server acts as the middleman between a user's computer and the Internet, allowing the administrator to control and filter what content is allowed through ...

Remove proxy settings, specifically PAC files In the "Network" system preferences, select the network adaptor being used and click the "Advanced" button down at the bottom of the window.

That’s because the attackers use a Tor .onion website to serve the proxy configuration file. The system’s proxy auto-config setting is then modified in the registry to point to the .onion address.

It explains: “WPAD is a protocol used to ensure all systems in an organization utilize the same web proxy configuration. Instead of individually modifying configurations on each device connected to a ...

Instead of individually modifying configurations on each device connected to a network, WPAD locates a proxy configuration file and applies the configuration automatically.