Iphone 4S cannot be restored and returned error 3014

I have tried to upgrade my Iphone 4S to the new iOS8.1. During the process itunes returned error 3014.
I did all the steps in the article that I was referred to, but was unsuccessful.
The mentioned article called to use the statement
sudo nano /private/etc/hosts
but this did not work, as it returned an empty file!
On the internet I found another article that said to skip the /private/ part and that opened the hosts file.
In that file there was no statement gs.apple.com that could be spiked out with a #.
Now I have no idea how to fix this.
Can anyone help?

Did you check your security software settings on your computer? iTunes has to be able to contact Apple servers during the update process:
iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting security software issues
If you are trying to update your phone over the air, try to use your computer  and iTunes instead.

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