Unable to link in to Spyware Blaster Updater

Today when I attempted to check for updates for Spyware Blaster, I have repeatedly received the message:

Error connecting To Update Server - "The server may temporarily unavailable, or there may be a conflict with the firewall installed on your pc. The update information file may have also gotten corrupted during download."

"Please try again soon."

I have repeatedly tried to connect to the update Server for the past two hours, and still have not been able to get connected. I even uninstalled the program and reinstalled a new downloaded program. After running it, and attempting to run the updater, I still am receiving the same error message. Anyone else having this problem. MS did automatically do updates this week, and today is the day I normally do Spyware Blaster updates. Is there a problem with the MS updates that is causing this problem?