> For the second time within a couple of months I get a strange problem
> with google. Last month it just stopped by itself after a few days, now
> I don't know.
>
> - It starts with my firewall refusing access to:
> http://tools.google.com/service/update2?
> which is followed by a long string of (changing) characters.
>
> - It tells me that the it is blocked by internal black list.
>

Please post exact error message, even if it's in Dutch, Swahili or Klingon.

> - It concerns the x86 program file Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe
>

Find the file in question and check its digital signature (right-click 
properties, etc, etc...)

Mine has a valid verisign certificate issued in 2008.  If yours does 
not, it was probably hijacked by some malware.  Delete it from your system.

> - the user given is NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
>
> - Access to google is blocked.
>

All access to google, or just access to the tools.google.com url?

> - The people from the antivirus/firewall company I buy from had no clue
> about what happened.
>
> - no virus or other malware is active on my machine.
>
> Any idea what this could be?
>
> Thomas


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