No, that was not it, BUTI got it to work, and i'm gonna tell you the story so that you can add the solution to you Q&A or troubleshooting or whatever so that the next poor soul with the same problem has a solution.
So this whole time the problem was .....drumrolls please...proxy.
Around the time that Hearthranger stoped working i've installed and uninstalled some programs and updates, let's call it computer spring cleaning.
Hearthranger stoped working at the same time, but i didn't pay much attention to the timings because i thought the one had nothing to do with the other.
So someone, some update, somehow (it wasn't me because i didn't even know that that was a thing until i googled it) changed the LAN Proxy settings on my PC.
I have noticed it only when I opened Chrome. I always use Firefox and I only use Chrome for.......private....browsing.
So there I was, home alone, opened Chrome private window to shop for presents for my family members when i noticed that there is no connection to the internet.
I switched back to Firefox, everything worked as normal. Back to Chrome, still no connection for any page.
So after a little googling on Firefox, I worked it out that i have to
unckech the "use a proxy server for your LAN" box. After that everything worked like a charm.
On the page here it is very nicely explained how to fix this.
Instruction on how to fix the issueP.S. Dear Admin can you mark this topic as SOLVED if someone else needs help.
Thank you