Software update won't connect to the internet

I get the the messge " Cannot Connect to the App Store - An internet connection is required" when trying to use software updaet in mountain lion.  I can go to and use the App Store and my internet workd fine but the updates section does not work. Anyone else having this issue?

Have the same problem. Internet works fine, and I can access everything in the App Store except Software Update and Purchases. I get a message: "Cannot connect to the App Store: An Internet connection is required." Yet my Internet connection is fine; everything else that requires Internet (Safari, etc.) works fine. When I try to log on to the App Store with my Apple ID and password, I get a message that the "connection failed." Everything else on my system works flawlessly; hence, I don't think the problem is with my system. For some reason, the App Store cannot detect my Internet connection.
Spoke with Apple Tech Support and they talked me through the simple trouble shoots (network corruption, safe mode restart to identify conflicting programs, permissions repair, corrupt preferences file, etc.). Nothing helped. Finally, I did a complete re-install of Mountain Lion in the hopes that that would correct the problem. It didn't. Apparently the problem is on Apple's end with the App Store. They've passed along the problem to their engineers in the hope that they can figure it out. Will let you know what they say.

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