FuriousG

I would just like to add that I am experiencing the exact same issue.... If
anyone with a fix could help I (in fact) we would greatly appreciate it..

"Eric" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate Edition at home and have configured the
> firewall to enable me from outbound traffic. The problem I need help with is
> to configure the firewall to properly allow Windows Defender and Windows
> Update to work.
>
> I would appreciate any help I can get to properly configure both Windows
> Defender and Windows Update so that I don't have to turn off outbound
> traffic. This is what happens below with the firewall turned on.
>
> When I open Windows Defender and click Check for Updates, I get an error:
>
> The program can't check for definition updates
> Error found: Code 0x80072efd
>
> When I click "Check for Updates" for Windows Updates I get the following
> error:
>
> Windows could not search for new updates
> Error(s) found
> Code 80072Efd
>
> --
> Eric
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