Two networking problems

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1) For several months now, PatchMyPC will not run if my VPN is enabled.
2) PatchMyPc will not update itself if my firewall is enabled. (I am unsure how long this has been happening.) I guess the problem is that I cannot create a firewall rule for the updater because the name of the updater file/process is not fixed.

Version affected 4.1.0.2
Win 8.1.