Firewall rejects sbautoupdate.exe

I run Windows XP SP2 and Norton Internet Security. I have an update account with Spywareblaster. Most days my firewall allows sbautoupdate.exe to access the internet in order to download updates with no problem. However, intermittently I get a Program Control warning popup that tells me that sbautoupdate.exe is attempting to connect to the internet, and suggests I should "always disallow" this from happening. Every time this happens I change the selection to "always allow" the connection and click OK. But a few seconds later the box pops up again and I have to repeat the entire process. This can happen maybe 12 to 15 times before the box finally goes away.
Can you help me to solve this frustrating problem, please?

 

Perhaps it would be best if you "disabled" the firewall "component" of
Norton Internet Security; then install a good & FREE firewall like
Zone Alarm, Kerio 2.1.5, or Sygate, though the latter has a recent
announcement from Symantec that it will not be "supported" in the
near future !?

 

Hi Pineman100

Do you have any more details from the pop-up?

You could try deleting your current rule for sbautoupdate.exe and recreate it to see if that resolves the issue.

Regards,

CrazyM