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SOLUTION: Unable to Access Youtube on Your Browser with ERROR: ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

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Computers or browsers have a way of acting especially if you have been caught in a place where you need to deliver something urgently. There is the specific error of ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR . This error as clearly seen is something that deals with an SSL issue. Some of the steps any one generally has to follow is to clear the cache but reports come in that that solution hasn't worked.

In the link below you are going to understand how to fix this issue in a few steps.

1. The first step is to delete the host file that is situated under C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts make sure you have administrative rights to do so

2. The second step is to clear the SSL state, you do this by going to control panel, the look for Internet options, select content tab and under that click the button of Clear SSL state

3. Change your internet security and privacy levels from high to medium Go to Control Panel > Internet Options. Select the Security tab and set Medium level.

4. If your using google chrome.. disable Chrome QUIC Protocol chrome://flags/#enable-quic

Select Disabled in the dropdown list and then restart the Google Chrome browser.

Follow this link for visual http://www.techfor.us/2015/10/err_ssl_protocol_error/