microsoft update NOT seeing IE ver 8

[mazinz]

Can anyone lend a hand with this very odd problem?

I upgraded to IE 8 a while back. Windows update, etc works fine. About three weeks ago I went to check for updates (I do this myself, not automatically) and IE gives me a windows saying that

"thank you for your interest but in order to get webupdates from this site you must be running IE 5 or greater."

It then gives me the link to DL IE ver 8. (microsoft's site)

my about file still shows IE 8 and what version I am running.

For arguments sake I had IE8 re-install all was fine and did some upgrades, now a few weeks later once again this problem comes up

anyone have any idea what in the world is going on??

I do use and prefer firefox, but since IE is still on here I do keep it upgraded as well



UPDATE: boy that was fast!! It seems Norton 2009 anti virus was blocking something. I turned it off and once I did that IE8 was working fine.

so take note if you use Norton antivirus 2009 and have the same issue as I did

[hech54]

Norton Strikes Again.

[G)-(OST]

Thanks for the feedback.