Java VisualVM hangs connecting to locally process launched from eclipse

Question

I\'m trying to connect jvisualvm installed with jdk1.7.0_04 to a locally running java process. When I do this, jvisualvm shows a progress bar in the bottom left saying its

Answer 1

I was experiencing the same problem and I am behind a proxy. Selecting either 'No Proxy' or 'Manual proxy settings' resolves the issue.

Such a simple thing, and I have wasted a couple of hours on this...