Windows 10: Weirdest SSL errors I've ever seen

Hello,I was using Windows 11 for the last 2 years, at some point I started getting SSL errors while installing packages with conda and pip. No idea why.Then I needed to install npm packages and got similar errors.For example:npm error path E:\dir\cypress\node_modules\pa11y\node_modules\puppeteer npm error command failed npm error command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node install.js npm error ERROR: Failed to set up Chromium r869685! Set "PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD" env variable to skip download. npm error [Error: F8280000:error:0A000119:SSL routines:ssl3_get_record:decryption failed or ba

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SSL Error preventing connection in Windows 10 - Potential Culprit Malwarebytes?

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Yes, third party applications can block port #443 which is a port number for the secure version of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) used to access web pages. I would suggest you uninstall Malwarebytes as you already have Avast
security and Windows defender which comes with Windows 10 to keep your computer safe.

If you are still not able to access the secure (https) websites, then follow the steps mentioned below:

Method 1: Check if SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 are enabled

1. Open Internet explorer (IE) and then click on tools menu.
2. Then go to Internet option.
3. Then go to Advance tab and click make sure Use SSL 2.0 and Use SSL 3.0 are checked.
   
4. Click on apply and then OK.

Method 2: Check the secure sockets layers (SSL) slate.

1. Open Internet explorer (IE) and then click on tools menu.
2. Then go to Internet option.
3. Then go to Content tab and click on Clear SSL State.
4. Click on Apply and then OK.

Method 3: Reset Security settings under trusted sites zones in internet explorer.

1. Open Internet Explorer (IE) and then click on tools menu.
2. Then go to Internet Options.
3. Go to Security tab and click on trusted sites. Then click on reset all zones to default level.
   

Method 4:
Follow the steps mentioned in the article:
Fix network connection issues in Windows

Hope it helps.

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SSL connection error

There are few more checks which you can go through.

• Check if your firewall turned on, if on try to disable for a moments and try again.
• Turned off your antivirus for a moment.
• Update your Browser

This is also the reasons of this problem. check here https://www.beencrypted.com/ssl-connection-error/

 

SSL Error preventing connection in Windows 10 - Potential Culprit Malwarebytes?

Thanks for such a speedy response Naresh!! Unfortunately, I have already tried all of the things you have listed here, multiple times sadly. The same applies to the steps mentioned on the Network Troubleshooting link, which was the first thing I tried
prior to pinning the issue to an SSL error