I am using windows7 and the latest version of Jmeter. I created a simple HTTP Request Sampler and in the server name I added google.com
When I ran it I got the following error:
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Running the test!
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.samplers.SampleEvent: List of sample_variables: []
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.gui.util.JMeterMenuBar: setRunning(true,*local*)
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Starting ThreadGroup: 1 : Thread Group
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Starting 1 threads for group Thread Group.
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Thread will continue on error
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.threads.ThreadGroup: Starting thread group number 1 threads 1 ramp-up 1 perThread 1000.0 delayedStart=false
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.threads.ThreadGroup: Started thread group number 1
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: All thread groups have been started
2015/11/30 14:15:32 INFO - jmeter.threads.JMeterThread: Thread started: Thread Group 1-1
2015/11/30 14:15:33 INFO - jmeter.threads.JMeterThread: Thread is done: Thread Group 1-1
2015/11/30 14:15:33 INFO - jmeter.threads.JMeterThread: Thread finished: Thread Group 1-1
2015/11/30 14:15:33 INFO - jmeter.engine.StandardJMeterEngine: Notifying test listeners of end of test
2015/11/30 14:15:33 INFO - jmeter.gui.util.JMeterMenuBar: setRunning(false,*local*)