Comodo firewall interferes with search engines and windows updates

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Comodo firewall interferes with search engines and windows updates

XP Pro SR2 with Comodo Firewall 3.14.130099.587

After completing several windows updates I noticed that all search engines (google, yahoo etc) in Firefox and IE will no longer return any search results. Each search puts me back to the search engine.

Windows update no longer updates, it just tells me to use windows update.

When I turn off Comodo Firewall, I can use the search engines and windows update.

Windows Security center verifies that Windows firewall is turned off, however, when I have turned off Comodo it stays that Comodo Firewall is active.

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I need more information to get a better picture of what is happening.

Can you show a screenshot the logs of the firewall? They can be found under Firewall → Common Tasks → View Firewall Events.

What rules did you set for IE and FF under Application Rules?