Security Exception:: Malformedurlexception: Unknown Protocol: Socket

[AnonMalice 30]

Pops up whenever i start any client. Tried disabling firewalls and antivirus, no progress.

java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: socket

at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)

at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)

at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)

at java.net.URI.toURL(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.net.proxy.DeployProxySelector.connectFailed(Unknown Source)

at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)

at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)

at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doGetRequestEX(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.cache.ResourceProviderImpl.checkUpdateAvailable(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.cache.ResourceProviderImpl.isUpdateAvailable(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.cache.ResourceProviderImpl.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.cache.ResourceProviderImpl.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.deploy.cache.ResourceProviderImpl.getResource(Unknown Source)

at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload$DownloadTask.call(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

EDIT: Fixed this on myself. (fix) Windows 7: Goto control panel > programs > Java and select network settings toggle direct connection >click OK > apply > OK and it should now be fixed.

Edited January 22, 2013 by AnonMalice