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

If you have this while Fiddler is running -> in Fiddler, go to 'Rules' and disable 'Automatically Authenticate' and it should work again.