ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED Browser Origin: On your device Last updated 15 Oct 2026

Chrome: The connection was aborted — ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED (software on your computer caused it)

The connection was aborted on your own computer — usually antivirus, a firewall or VPN software terminating it.

Exact message you may see software in your computerThe connection was aborted
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Seen on: Chrome Edge Windows

Meaning

The "aborted" wording tells you the local network stack ended the connection, not the remote server. Security products that inspect HTTPS, a VPN client and Windows firewall rules are the usual culprits, as are corrupted Winsock entries.

Common causes

  • Antivirus or firewall HTTPS scanning
  • VPN or proxy client interfering
  • Corrupted Winsock/TCP-IP settings
  • Hosts file or security software blocking the site
  • Unsupported or broken TLS settings on the device

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Pause the antivirus web shield and VPN and test
  2. Reset Winsock: netsh winsock reset and reboot
  3. Check the hosts file for entries blocking the site

Detailed fix by platform

Windows

  1. netsh winsock reset and netsh int ip reset then reboot
  2. Check C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Chrome

  1. Try incognito or chrome://net-internals/#sockets → Flush socket pools

How to diagnose

  1. Scope — One site or all sites?
  2. Security — Antivirus/VPN active?
  3. Hosts — Any blocking entries?

🔧 Still not fixed?

Many errors look alike. If the steps above didn’t solve it, one of these is probably what you’re facing:

Where this error sits

Origin: On your device. Errors that are often confused with or caused by this one (click to open):

captive portal — Browser: This network requires you to sign in — captive portal (hotel, airport, café Wi-Fi) blocking HTTPS sites (Browser)captive portalDNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET — Chrome: No internet — DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET (DNS probe finished, no internet) (Browser)DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO…DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN — Chrome: This site can’t be reached — server IP address could not be found. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN (Browser)DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NX…ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE — Chrome: This site can’t be reached — The webpage at https://… might be temporarily down. ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE (Browser)ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHAB…ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED — Chrome: This site can’t be reached — example.com unexpectedly closed the connection. ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED (Browser)ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSEDERR_CONNECTION_RESET — ERR_CONNECTION_RESET: This site can’t be reached — The connection was reset (Browser)ERR_CONNECTION_RESETERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED — Chrome: No internet — ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED (You are not connected to the internet) (Browser)ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNE…ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED — Chrome: This site can’t be reached — ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED (blocked by firewall or antivirus) (Browser)ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DE…ERR_CONNE…

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