Hi,
Firefox on the Windows Virtual Machine won't connect to the net. I've configured it to use the Proxy settings recommended on the web page (Proxy at 127.0.0.1/port 8118/Socks 5). All I get is a message that the proxy is refusing connections. How do I get round this, please?If I understand you correctly, you are trying to convice Firefox inside Parallels to connect to Privoxy running on the host system?
Whoops, I didn't get that, looks like I didn't read the original mail thoroughly enough - scrap my first reply then.
If that's the case you will either have to bind Privoxy to a non-local listen address or skim through the Parallels documentation to see if there's another way to reach the host's 127.0.0.1 from the guest system.
Another possibility would be using a tool like rinetd or redir to redirect $LAN:8118 to $LOCALHOST:8118 on the host. Not sure if there's a Mac OS build of either of those tools though...
Regards Marco