I'm horribly confused now...

Over the past 48 hrs, I have gotten this repeated message when using Google Chrome to access various websites:

"Error 103 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED) - Unknown Error"

It seems to occur when trying to access an HTTP/HTTPS based website. This includes Gmail, Twitter, you name it...even a Google search using Chrome's omnibox yield the error. ASU's website will come in from time to time, but its formatting is really off.

I have tried the following:

1) Restarting Chrome
2) Clearing all cookies/browsing info
3) Re-installing Chrome
4) Running Chrome in compatibility mode.
5) Running Chrome in a previous version
6) Doing a system restore.
7) Checking anti-virus software (this has never caused a problem before, so I have trouble seeing why that would cause an issue now).
8) Pretty much all the oft-recommended remedies.

Does anyone else have this problem, and how do you fix it? I don't think I'm the only one. I've tried notifying Google about it, but when I submit the support ticket...yep, you've guessed it...I get the error message. The outage ranges anywhere from 10 seconds to 2 hrs. I'm ready to uninstall Chrome permanently, quite honestly. I've done security scans; I don't have any viruses, and I am at a loss for any reason for the outage.


I'm quite confused.

ETA - My internet connection is quite stable.

zarada said:

try mozilla firefox instead?

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That had crashed when I ran it last.

Good idea, though, if technology was actually helping me today...

zarada said:

ok...... hm. sounds like you may have a virus then. what av are you using? you should download another one and run a deep scan. no one av finds 'everything', so you're better off running 2 of them alternating them. i recommend www.superantispyware.com for a second av -- they have a free version too.

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I have Kaspersky. Believe me, the presence of a virus was the first thing I checked, even before the Internet connection. All fine.

Reziac said:

See info here:

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topi...-aborted-unknown-error/?ModPagespeed=noscript

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That seems to answer a lot of it. But my brother and sister's computers are on the same router/network, and they are not having any issues. Do you know why this might be the case?

Reziac said:

No idea, but when I searched on the error string, this and several of more or less the same answer came up.

Dunno if your network card (or chip on the mainboard as the case may be) could be failing and contribute. Same for network cable.

What happens if you rearrange where you're all plugged in? (assuming it's not wireless) might be one bad port on the router.

[I'm not a network person, but this is the sort of thing I'd look at when tracking down possibly-bad hardware.]

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It'll definitely be something I'll look into if the problem persists.

It's a wireless router. All our computers can move around the house and still stay on our network, maintaining our internet connection.

Cox Communication did warn us that routers in AZ tend to go kaput really quickly. It's their router that we're using, so I'll have to go yell at 'em again to get them to replace it if need be.

Charles Farley said:

Kaspersky might be the problem . . . .

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=...84DQAg&usg=AFQjCNGFtygPXll75hfZRXPhQlusG2MKRg

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Probably. But why I have I had no problems whatsoever for the past year that I've had it? Why is it choosing now to go wacky on me?