Outgoing UDP blocked since NordVPN installed

[Angilion]

I'm running Win 7 Home Premium with all security patches.

I'm using Windows Firewall with Windows 10 Firewall Control program controlling it.

Since I installed NordVPN, outgoing UDP is being blocked.

The firewall log shows this entry, repeatedly:

|Blocked|IPv4 UDP 192.168.1.1:53(51267)|Host Process for Windows Services|WindowsFirewall: OpenVPN Outgoing|C:\windows\system32\svchost.exe

The number in brackets varies.

svchost is allowed through the firewall.

It's causing problems with accessing some websites. Slow connection in most cases, but I get patches where no websites can be accessed (might be due to something else) and some functionality is lost completely, e.g. I can't download audiobooks from the library.

I know next to nothing about networking and have no idea what to do to fix this.

 

[bremen1874]

Port 53 is DNS related (which could explain your problems).

Doesn't NordVPN provide support to their subscribers?

There do seem to be an increasing number of 'I decided that a VPN would be a good idea and now something is broken' threads.

 

[Angilion]

NordVPN will be my next port of call if these forums don't result in an answer, but it seems their support is what is to be expected from a £3 a month service.

The issue might not be the VPN as such, since the firewall is doing the blocking (even though it's set to allow svchost without any restrictions) and I don't think that's down to the VPN.