Can't connect to Minecraft.net

[LivinMyStZ]

Launcher Version: 374

Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit

Java Version: Version 7 Update 4

Antivirus Program: McAfee Internet Security

Description of Problem:

After i enter my details in the Technic launcher and click login it comes up with "An error occurred while attempting to reach Minecraft.net. i really have no clue on what to do. PLEASE HELP.

Error Messages:

Error Log:

2013/12/12 16:51:38 [WARNING] Unable to load news, hiding news section

net.technicpack.launchercore.exception.RestfulAPIException: Error accessing URL [http://www.technicpack.net/api/news/]

at net.technicpack.launchercore.restful.RestObject.getRestObject(RestObject.java:76)

at org.spoutcraft.launcher.skin.NewsComponent.loadArticles(NewsComponent.java:45)

at org.spoutcraft.launcher.Launcher$2.run(Launcher.java:105)

Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument: connect

at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)

at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)

at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)

at net.technicpack.launchercore.restful.RestObject.getRestObject(RestObject.java:56)

... 2 more

2013/12/12 16:51:38 [iNFO] Launcher took: 2129ms to start

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] net.technicpack.launchercore.exception.AuthenticationNetworkFailureException: An error was raised while attempting to communicate with auth.minecraft.net.

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at net.technicpack.launchercore.auth.AuthenticationService.requestLogin(AuthenticationService.java:97)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at org.spoutcraft.launcher.skin.LoginFrame.attemptNewLogin(LoginFrame.java:464)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at org.spoutcraft.launcher.skin.LoginFrame.attemptLogin(LoginFrame.java:367)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at org.spoutcraft.launcher.skin.LoginFrame.actionPerformed(LoginFrame.java:542)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at javax.swing.JTextField.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at javax.swing.JTextField.postActionEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at javax.swing.JTextField$NotifyAction.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.notifyAction(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyBinding(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyBindings(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.redispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchKeyEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.preDispatchKeyEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.typeAheadAssertions(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument: connect

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at net.technicpack.launchercore.auth.AuthenticationService.postJson(AuthenticationService.java:66)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] at net.technicpack.launchercore.auth.AuthenticationService.requestLogin(AuthenticationService.java:93)

2013/12/12 16:51:50 [sEVERE] ... 42 more

[honeydewdwarf]

There are already three treads about this this problem please stop maling more. I have the same problem.