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******Keep in mind that this is 1.6.4******

When trying to log in to minecraft, i get the message: "Can't connect to minecraft.net"

the website, http://xpaw.ru/mcstatus/, currently says that the login, session, website, skins, and realms are ALL running. (Nov 29-30, 2013, and its 4:37 right now)
http://www.isitdownr...ecraft.net.html also says that minecraft.net is up, though its ping times are around 300-600 ms, which seems high, but the testing could occur halfway across the world.

I have executed the "tracert" function in the command prompt, and this is what i get:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Jim>tracert minecraft.net

Tracing route to minecraft.net [107.20.160.105]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms <1 ms <1 ms BASEBALLFAN [192.168.0.1]
2 72 ms 99 ms 99 ms speedtouch.lan [192.168.1.254]
3 30 ms 30 ms 29 ms h135.238.109.66.static.ip.windstream.net [66.109.238.135]
4 31 ms 28 ms 30 ms h77.238.109.66.static.ip.windstream.net [66.109.238.77]
5 32 ms 32 ms 30 ms h10.236.109.66.static.ip.windstream.net [66.109.236.10]
6 40 ms 40 ms 41 ms h3.236.109.66.static.ip.windstream.net [66.109.236.3]
7 41 ms 52 ms 40 ms h64.254.213.151.static.ip.windstream.net [151.213.254.64]
8 45 ms 40 ms 40 ms xe-10-0-0.bar2.Cleveland1.Level3.net [4.53.194.9]
9 40 ms 41 ms 46 ms ae-0-11.bar1.Cleveland1.Level3.net [4.69.136.185]
10 49 ms 48 ms 47 ms ae-6-6.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.136.190]
11 47 ms 48 ms 47 ms ae-81-81.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.138]
12 49 ms 47 ms 47 ms ae-3-80.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.149.142]
13 61 ms 59 ms 60 ms AMAZON.COM.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.22.74]
14 84 ms 65 ms 64 ms 72.21.220.157
15 60 ms 61 ms 59 ms 72.21.222.147
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 61 ms 62 ms 63 ms 216.182.224.241
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

According to the ip geolocator at http://www.iplocation.net/, i get these results for the ip 72.21.220.157:

IP Address Country Region City ISP 72.21.220.157 United States Washington Seattle Amazon.com Inc.

For the ip 72.21.222.147:



IP Address Country Region City ISP 72.21.222.147 United States Minnesota Minneapolis Amazon.com Inc.

And for 216.182.224.241:
IP Address Country Region City ISP 216.182.224.241 United States Virginia Ashburn Amazon.com Inc.

******Side note: This request is being sent from Southern Pennsylvania, and windstream.net is the isp******

What I, and my not so technical brain, am seeing is that the request is going from my isp to some place in Cleveland and then to Washington (i think the state, because the traced amazon.com ip's started in Washington), but then they kinda have a hard time getting to Minnesota, and once they make it to Virginia, they cant make it back (sooo close ahhhhhh).

The tracert ALWAYS shows this thing getting stuck at the exact same ip in ashburn virginia, no matter what path it takes to get there (i think one time tracert showed a different way, but only once, and i didnt record it).

All my internet works fine, the wifi on my ipod, any website i want INCLUDING MINECRAFT.NET, THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME!!!! TRACERT AND THE MINECRAFT LAUNCHER CAN'T GET THERE BUT CHROME AND EXPLORER CAN!!!!!, anyway, speedtest.net is showing normal speeds too.

I see a problem in the next thing though, which is that doing pingtest.net to a server in ashburn, virginia shows that i cant measure packet loss to Ashburn. (I cant do packet loss to anywhere else either) I get a 84 ms ping with a 14 ms jitter, so i got a B+.

I reinstalled java
I restarted my internet
I restarted my computer

(if possible, i wouldnt like to toy with the firewall cause my dad probably wouldnt like it )

Does anyone know how to fix this!!!!????!?!!??!!
Does anyone know how to fix this!!!!????!?!!??!!
Does anyone know how to fix this!!!!????!?!!??!!

Well um, last comment is like what i said above,

THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME!!!! TRACERT AND THE MINECRAFT LAUNCHER CAN'T CONNECT TO MINECRAFT.NET BUT CHROME AND EXPLORER CAN!!!!!

A way to fix would be nice , but just dropping a comment to show that people read this would be amazing!!

Finally, these questions:

Why is it getting stuck in Virginia?
Why cant it go around the Virginia server?
Why CAN CHROME AND EXPLORER CONNECT TO MINECRAFT.NET BUT NOT THE LAUNCHER AND TRACERT?
Why is it going through amazon.com?
Does anyone else have this problem?*

*(I presume not because other people are playing on minecraft servers, take a look at this website, http://brucesgym.com/, and look at the active games section, people are playing on their servers RIGHT NOW, but i cant login. Wat?)

Is it my horrible ISP?
Is it a virus? If so, how do i get rid of it?

AND MOST OF ALL:

HOW CAN I FIX THIS?

thx in advance for the help

I have the exact same problem but with lwjgl interfering with it and I cant seem to connect either - even on the old launcher!!!

What will the antivirus do? How can I fix it then? What's the difference between the firewall and the antivirus?

I'm not sure what is going on here, but there is allot of misinformation here.

First, the "New Launcher", is the one that will receive future updates for Minecraft, ONLY IT can run Minecraft Versions 1.6+.

You are using the OLD LAUNCHER, which is unable to play any version higher than 1.5.2, along side has been deprecated.

Please use the new launcher, you can read more of the transition here.

Please update to that, all old old launchers will no longer work and WILL return "Cannot connect to minecraft.net", as this is an issue with SSL certificates which cannot be resolved by Mojang as

a) The launcher will no longer receive updates
b)The launcher is hard-coded to check for old certificates
c) The launcher cannot be automatically updated, or rather not be updated at all

To go on, AMAZON is simply the one hosting the things -- they have nothing to do with the actual game.

Nor is "minecraft.net" or was used for auth, ever; previously, the old launcher used 'login.minecraft.net', an old, "crappy" way to get things done, while the entire process was re-done, with the new auth system, code named "yggdrasil", which can be found at https://authserver.mojang.com/, used by the new launcher.

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE MISTAKE ON MY PART LOL

meant to write 1.5.2 not 1.6.4 I feel so stupid lol.

well anyways, thanks for telling me that I can't use the old launcher cause of authentification issues, and sorry for the trouble other people, WHOOPS!!

(playing on a 1.5.2 server, dwarves vs zombies is the game, check it out at http://www.brucesgym.com/, I'm not trying to advertise but it's a great game, no mods required)