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My son was having issues logging in to MC on his laptop a few days ago and I was stumped as to the cause. Before I knew about the Heartbleed issues I tried multiple things to fix the issues. I updated Windows, ran virus and malware scans, checked to see if MC was blocked on my router and I even deleted the .Minecraft folder. I also synced my clock with a server on the net. When I downloaded the current launcher, 1.3.11, I still had the issues. Upon further digging I came across the Heartbleed info.

I have since changed my password multiple times and I still cannot log on to MC. The error I am getting is this:
Sorry, but we couldnt connect to our servers. Please make sure that you are online and that Minecraft is not blocked (SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out)

I have seen similar threads but none of the posted solutions have worked for me.

Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

The Minecraft session servers could have been down at the time. Can you tell us if the problem still persists?

Hello,

Yes, 3 days later and we are still having the issue.

It may be java. Update your java. If the problem still exists... back up for minecraft worlds and servers because you should re install minecraft.

I'm having the same problem!

I was finally able to get in. Here is what I did.

I power cycled my modem and router. Then I uninstalled Java, deleted the .mineraft folder and any minecraft launchers I had downloaded. Then I restarted the laptop. Java told me it was up to date but I uninstalled it anyway. After the restart I reinstalled Java and downloaded the MC launcher. And that let me load up MC

I hope this can help other people.

Thank you all for the suggestions. You all helped me get an MC obsessed 8yr old off my back!