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I downloaded Minecraft about a week ago, and it has worked perfectly. I played on servers and individual worlds and changed my skin. Yesterday, I made a small modification to my skin using the same website (miners need cool shoes), and attempted to reopen my game. When I tried to log onto a server, it said that it was unable to establish a connection. I tried to log on to an individual world, only to receive this error message.

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Would you like a cupcake?

Time: 4/12/15 4:18 PM
Description: Updating screen events

java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to create a child event loop
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:68)
at io.netty.channel.MultithreadEventLoopGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventLoopGroup.java:49)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:61)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:52)
at lm$1.a(SourceFile:44)
at lm$1.b(SourceFile:41)
at np.c(SourceFile:10)
at lm.a(SourceFile:121)
at avf.a(SourceFile:1941)
at axw.i(SourceFile:172)
at axw$a.a(SourceFile:224)
at awj.p(SourceFile:315)
at axw.k(SourceFile:82)
at axv.p(SourceFile:390)
at avf.s(SourceFile:1497)
at avf.av(SourceFile:888)
at avf.a(SourceFile:325)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
Caused by: io.netty.channel.ChannelException: failed to open a new selector
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.openSelector(NioEventLoop.java:128)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.<init>(NioEventLoop.java:120)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.newChild(NioEventLoopGroup.java:87)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:64)
... 17 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to establish loopback connection
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:101)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:68)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl.<init>(PipeImpl.java:170)
at sun.nio.ch.SelectorProviderImpl.openPipe(SelectorProviderImpl.java:50)
at java.nio.channels.Pipe.open(Pipe.java:155)
at sun.nio.ch.WindowsSelectorImpl.<init>(WindowsSelectorImpl.java:127)
at sun.nio.ch.WindowsSelectorProvider.openSelector(WindowsSelectorProvider.java:44)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.openSelector(NioEventLoop.java:126)
... 20 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Permission denied: connect
at sun.nio.ch.Net.connect0(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.connect(Net.java:457)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.connect(Net.java:449)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.connect(SocketChannelImpl.java:647)
at java.nio.channels.SocketChannel.open(SocketChannel.java:189)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer$LoopbackConnector.run(PipeImpl.java:130)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:83)
... 28 more

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:68)
at io.netty.channel.MultithreadEventLoopGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventLoopGroup.java:49)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:61)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:52)
at lm$1.a(SourceFile:44)
at lm$1.b(SourceFile:41)
at np.c(SourceFile:10)
at lm.a(SourceFile:121)
at avf.a(SourceFile:1941)
at axw.i(SourceFile:172)
at axw$a.a(SourceFile:224)
at awj.p(SourceFile:315)
at axw.k(SourceFile:82)
at axv.p(SourceFile:390)

-- Affected screen --
Details:
Screen name: ayb
Stacktrace:
at avf.s(SourceFile:1497)
at avf.av(SourceFile:888)
at avf.a(SourceFile:325)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.3
Operating System: Windows 7 (amd64) version 6.1
CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 380 @ 2.53GHz
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 64726760 bytes (61 MB) / 240050176 bytes (228 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 12, tallocated: 94
Launched Version: 1.8.3
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: Intel(R) HD Graphics GL version 2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2342, Intel
GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using GL 1.3 texture combiners.
Using framebuffer objects because ARB_framebuffer_object is supported and separate blending is supported.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
VBOs are available because OpenGL 1.5 is supported.

Using VBOs: No
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: []
Current Language: English (US)
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)

I tried again and again to get back on for two days now, only to be faced with the same error messages. The coding is similar to an error involving Minecraft being blocked by an anti-virus software, but not identical. I have checked my anti-virus software, and it is not the cause of the problem. All the same, I switched it off. I have twice tried fully uninstalling and re-installing; neither fixed the problem. I tried adding a user at the launcher screen, opening it in 1.8.0 instead of 1.8.3. This did nothing for the problem.

Does anyone know what is causing these messages? And, if so, please give me advice on fixing the issue? Thanks.

Add javaw.exe to the allowed applications in your firewall?

Also try verifying your Java is up to date (link in my signature). Could be that...

I checked Java earlier, forgot to include it. For all I know, my Java is up to date. Besides, it shouldn't be that, it has worked and allowed it before.

Do you java set on your variable path?

Ok. I use AntiMalware Bytes, I'll run a scan.