cant open servers and cant open single player worlds

Please attach the complete crash report.

Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Ouch. That hurt 😞

Time: 8/21/15 8:32 PM
Description: Updating screen events

java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to create a child event loop
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:68)
at io.netty.channel.MultithreadEventLoopGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventLoopGroup.java:49)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:61)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:52)
at ll$1.a(SourceFile:44)
at ll$1.b(SourceFile:41)
at no.c(SourceFile:10)
at ll.a(SourceFile:121)
at ave.a(SourceFile:1942)
at axv.i(SourceFile:172)
at axv.a(SourceFile:135)
at axu.a(SourceFile:350)
at axu.k(SourceFile:413)
at axv.k(SourceFile:81)
at axu.p(SourceFile:390)
at ave.s(SourceFile:1498)
at ave.av(SourceFile:889)
at ave.a(SourceFile:325)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)
Caused by: io.netty.channel.ChannelException: failed to open a new selector
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.openSelector(NioEventLoop.java:128)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.<init>(NioEventLoop.java:120)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.newChild(NioEventLoopGroup.java:87)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:64)
... 18 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to establish loopback connection
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:101)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:68)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl.<init>(PipeImpl.java:170)
at sun.nio.ch.SelectorProviderImpl.openPipe(SelectorProviderImpl.java:50)
at java.nio.channels.Pipe.open(Pipe.java:155)
at sun.nio.ch.WindowsSelectorImpl.<init>(WindowsSelectorImpl.java:127)
at sun.nio.ch.WindowsSelectorProvider.openSelector(WindowsSelectorProvider.java:44)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.openSelector(NioEventLoop.java:126)
... 21 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10107: socket
at sun.nio.ch.Net.socket0(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.serverSocket(Net.java:419)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.<init>(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:88)
at sun.nio.ch.SelectorProviderImpl.openServerSocketChannel(SelectorProviderImpl.java:56)
at java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel.open(ServerSocketChannel.java:108)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer$LoopbackConnector.run(PipeImpl.java:123)
at sun.nio.ch.PipeImpl$Initializer.run(PipeImpl.java:83)
... 29 more

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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– Head –
Stacktrace:
at io.netty.util.concurrent.MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventExecutorGroup.java:68)
at io.netty.channel.MultithreadEventLoopGroup.<init>(MultithreadEventLoopGroup.java:49)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:61)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup.<init>(NioEventLoopGroup.java:52)
at ll$1.a(SourceFile:44)
at ll$1.b(SourceFile:41)
at no.c(SourceFile:10)
at ll.a(SourceFile:121)
at ave.a(SourceFile:1942)
at axv.i(SourceFile:172)
at axv.a(SourceFile:135)
at axu.a(SourceFile:350)
at axu.k(SourceFile:413)
at axv.k(SourceFile:81)
at axu.p(SourceFile:390)

– Affected screen –
Details:
Screen name: aya
Stacktrace:
at ave.s(SourceFile:1498)
at ave.av(SourceFile:889)
at ave.a(SourceFile:325)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

– System Details –
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.8
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (amd64) version 6.3
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 149753096 bytes (142 MB) / 283521024 bytes (270 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 13, tallocated: 95
Launched Version: 1.8.8
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: Intel(R) HD Graphics GL version 4.0.0 - Build 10.18.10.3366, Intel
GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using GL 1.3 texture combiners.
Using framebuffer objects because OpenGL 3.0 is supported and separate blending is supported.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
VBOs are available because OpenGL 1.5 is supported.

Using VBOs: No
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs:
Current Language: English (US)
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
CPU: 4x Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU J2900 @ 2.41GHz

Duplicate of MC-34749. Something like your anti-virus or firewall software is blocking java/Minecraft.

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That's the crash report when I try to log on as a single player to resume work on my castle. I loaded norton yesterday and that's when things stopped working in minecraft. I tried also uninstalling norton but the issue remained even after that so I put it back on. Can't open any servers for multiplayer now or play on any servers in multiplayer either. please help resolve. ty