Occasionally your computer’s firewall and antivirus may give false positives about a legitimate website, blocking its access and preventing you from accessing it. Disable firewall and antivirus temporarily Another measure is to restart the router from the Internet. If you are encountering the problem even on cable and at points of good coverage, you can also try disconnecting and reconnecting your computer to the network. If you are on Wi-Fi, it may be worth moving closer to the router or somewhere where the connection is better. Since it concerns a delay in data exchange between the browser and the network, it is possible that the problem originates from an unstable or slow Internet connection, or even congested by too many simultaneous users and devices. The error can have several different causes and, in the following list, TechTudo gives tips to isolate the problem and try to solve it. Technically, the error defines a situation where the destination server of the site you are trying to access takes too long to respond, preventing the browser from displaying the destination page on your screen. ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT is a connection error that can appear in Google Chrome and browsers such as Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Vivaldi, as well as others that share the same common ground with Google’s product.
