I'm a gamer and I constantly run into this error when my game tries to download a file from a server:
java.net.SocketException: Permission denied: connect
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:85) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:345) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:175) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:211) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:308) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:326) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:1167) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1146) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:997) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:931) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1511) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1439) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:480) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.ChecksummedDownloadable.download(ChecksummedDownloadable.java:49) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.popAndDownload(DownloadJob.java:109) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob.access$000(DownloadJob.java:12) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at com.mojang.launcher.updater.download.DownloadJob$1.run(DownloadJob.java:86) [launcher.jar:1.6.11]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_25]I have had just enough of manual downloading. Please I need the help