Can't connect to https Google or YouTube on any browser or account

[nestcx]

I am unable to load YouTube or Google on a https connection, even though all other websites work fine. I can load http://www.google.com, but I cannot load the http version of YouTube.

This is the error I get when trying to connect to either of the websites: http://i.imgur.com/IHZuJ9Q.png

Here ( http://i.imgur.com/eVEIj3t.png ) it says that the connection is not private and the identity of the website cannot be verified.

This happens on any browser I try and on any account. I've turned my internet/router on and off, I've restarted my computer, reset chrome settings, cleared the cache, turned off extensions, flushed the dns from terminal (not too sure what that did honestly), I've checked my hosts file but nothing is blocked (i think... http://i.imgur.com/AgsaFnN.png) but nothing works, and I can't think of what else to do!

I hadn't downloaded anything apart from school related things like word docs and powerpoints for months until yesterday, when I decided to download adobe acrobat and a few ebooks. One of these books was from a torrent, and some of the others were from a few mysterious websites that didn't look too trustworthy. They came in either mobi/epub/pdf formats. Perhaps somehow this could be the cause of the issue?

I should also note that I am on a macbook pro on OS X 10.9.4

 

[honestone]

Do you have any kid of backup that was done prior to your recent downloads? Some torrent files can be "problematic", but certainly stuff you downloaded from questionable sites can be an issue.

 

[nestcx]

Do you have any kid of backup that was done prior to your recent downloads? Some torrent files can be "problematic", but certainly stuff you downloaded from questionable sites can be an issue.

I don't have any backups. 20 minutes after I posted this thread google and youtube started working like normal again. I didn't do anything different, they just started working. I also found out that this problem is widespread and many people no their macs were experiencing the exact same problem, but hopefully now the issue is resolved.

 

[honestone]

Another individual, located in Wisconsin, did report similar issues earlier, but then "magically" everything became fine, just like you. I on the other hand did not have any such issues at all with either of my Macs (I am located near Seattle, WA). I would strongly suggest that you start making backups. There are a couple of ways to do that. One is via Time Machine, which is already on your machine. The other is a cloning program like SuperDuper! (I use it religiously once a week to backup/cone both of my Macs to two different external devices), and Carbon Copy Cloner.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Torrents can definitely cause all kinds of issues.

I posted the following in the other thread:

-Make sure all software is up-to-date - since you posted you are running 10.9.4.
-Restart your Mac to see if that helps.
-Try repairing disk permissions using Disk Utility.
-It could be some work on Internet hardware (Comcast does this a lot) in your area and will resolve itself overnight.
-Power cycle your modem/router.

C