No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1

Question

I try to connect to a web service hosted on a different server using the WebRequest Class. The web service returns a string as a Response. While doing so I get an Error:

Answer 1

The issue disappeared for me when I started Fiddler. Was using it on my machine before having the issue. Probably something with Fiddler being proxy.