DSS is only trying to see if there are updates - you can disable this and perhaps then the issue will go away.
As far as firewall is considered, I am using Sygate Personal (free) - no problems at all. It even blocks various attempts from Windows OS (to contact who knows what and whom - kernel for example - why on Earth would kernel need to connect to web directly? ) - I find those attempts very annoying and quite frankly, totally un-necessary.
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