---
id: 483
title: "Burp problems after Windows update"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/blog/burp-problems-after-windows-update"
published_at: "2009-04-09T20:18:00Z"
tags: ["burp-suite", "windows", "proxy", "portswigger", "troubleshooting", "loopback"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/483"
lang: en
---

# Burp problems after Windows update

## Summary

After a March Windows security update, Burp Proxy listeners on the loopback interface broke because Microsoft changed the localhost hosts entry to ::1. Updated Burp releases handle the new entry.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2009-04-09T20:18:00Z
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/blog/burp-problems-after-windows-update
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/483