VB. NET: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel on WebClient

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I created a program which work flawlessly on my desktop but when I use the same program on my laptop, it doesn't work. It presents the error "Error: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel" on my laptop. I have checked the internet settings and they're the same as my desktop too. The code is below.

    Sub CheckUsername(ByVal word As String)
            Dim WC As New WebClient
            WC.Headers.Add("user-agent", " Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:25.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/25.0")
            Dim t As Byte() = WC.DownloadData("https://www.google.com/search?q=" & word) 'This is the line that creates the error'
            Dim headers As WebHeaderCollection = WC.ResponseHeaders
            WC.Dispose()

            If headers.Count = 7 Then
                'MsgBox("True")'
            Else
                'MsgBox("False")'
            End If
    End Sub

I have also tried to add these lines at the start as researched, but it didn't fix the error.

            ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = True
            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls

The Laptop is missing some required Cipher Suites. - Before you say but the WebBrowsers can do that...: WebBrowser bring in and manage their on Cipher Suites. — Jimi
– Jimi, Commented Jul 23, 2022 at 17:29
The following may be helpful: Transport Layer Security (TLS) best practices with the .NET Framework, Solving the TLS 1.0 Problem, 2nd Edition . This post contains some additional resources that you may be interested in reading. — It all makes cents
– It all makes cents, Commented Jul 23, 2022 at 19:35

Aravind Aravind · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-25 05:17:55Z

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What frameowrk version ur using ? if 4.6 and above that add like this before call that WebClient.
 



ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3
System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls Or SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 Or SecurityProtocolType.Tls12

answered Jul 25, 2022 at 5:17

Aravind Aravind

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