error 0x80072EFD and Norton

When running the new Win update, I get this error. Troubleshooter
explaination suggests entering 3 URLs into firewall with Http://nnn,
Https://nnn and * (wildcard)nnn into firewall. However IE6 accepts these but
Norton IntS doesn't accept / : or * characters. Norton web site no help.
I can't be the only one?

Thanks Roger. It does work. However after running the update process, I then
blocked the svhost again, as I've no idea what this allows to get through and
whether advantage can be taken by malicious software.

I have to confess to be confused by the wording of the MS troubleshooter
offers. The text formatted as they describe does work for IE security.

Thanks again.




"Roger K" wrote:

>
> "johnmelksham" <> wrote in message
> news:AEA6B048-A336-48AD-A45C-...
> > When running the new Win update, I get this error. Troubleshooter
> > explaination suggests entering 3 URLs into firewall with Http://nnn,
> > Https://nnn and * (wildcard)nnn into firewall. However IE6 accepts these
> but
> > Norton IntS doesn't accept / : or * characters. Norton web site no help.
> > I can't be the only one?
>
> You can leave off the http:// or https:// In my case I entered
> v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com but I also had to allow access to
> C:\Windows\System32\svhost.exe and then it worked fine.
>
>
>

Roger,
How did you determine that the * should be replaced with v5?

"johnmelksham" wrote:

> Thanks Roger. It does work. However after running the update process, I then
> blocked the svhost again, as I've no idea what this allows to get through and
> whether advantage can be taken by malicious software.
>
> I have to confess to be confused by the wording of the MS troubleshooter
> offers. The text formatted as they describe does work for IE security.
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>
>
> "Roger K" wrote:
>
> >
> > "johnmelksham" <> wrote in message
> > news:AEA6B048-A336-48AD-A45C-...
> > > When running the new Win update, I get this error. Troubleshooter
> > > explaination suggests entering 3 URLs into firewall with Http://nnn,
> > > Https://nnn and * (wildcard)nnn into firewall. However IE6 accepts these
> > but
> > > Norton IntS doesn't accept / : or * characters. Norton web site no help.
> > > I can't be the only one?
> >
> > You can leave off the http:// or https:// In my case I entered
> > v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com but I also had to allow access to
> > C:\Windows\System32\svhost.exe and then it worked fine.
> >
> >
> >