Need Help With Updating Epic Games

When I try to open epic games for the first time it says “Please wait while we start your update”.And then it sits for hours and theres is a red triangle that says "We are currently experiencing connection issues and are retrying.How do I fix this.im running windows 10 HP.Ive tried restarting my modem,uninstalling and reinstalling made it run as admin made sure my acc was admin and could read and right and also made my connection private with googles dns.

Hi friend, you use an antivirus as IObit malware fighter?
I had the same problem sometime ago and was my antivirus who was blocking the Epic Launcher.
I disabled it and tried again and worked.

Umm I don’t think so but I can using a malware fighter but I don’t what it is called I’ll check it in the morning and I’ll get back with you