I have set a rule to allow "svchost.exe" using service "windows update" with the help of the windows firewall set to block outbound connections. The definition updates from my windows vista machine can be downloaded one this is set. But the problem is that with the same firewall security setting and configuration on my Windows 7 machine the updates for Security Essentials are getting blocked. The most hard firewall rule that I found in windows 7 is Allow "svchost.exe" with service "Task Scheduler". Please suggest me any other firewall rule that can be applied and if you know that why does the rule that is working fine for the Vista is not working on Windows 7? Please post your suggestions and ideas for this.
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