thank you for your reply. I have never had any other anti virus installed. I should point out that i have had this issue before and a reinstall always worked. However, this time I have uninstalled it and installed the newest version and the issue is still there. All my network connections work and no other programs have problems accessing them.
I solved the issue. Apparently it didn’t like me having a static IP. As soon as i set it to use DHCP, it updated. Strangely, i set up the static IP again all the same information as last time and it works.