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In some laptop of a member of the family was installed Tor Browser from its official page by a nephew and he didn't do the checksum.

After of the installation when he did do:

  • press Windows key
  • write the tor term as search term
  • Click in the "executable" icon

It opened a cmd window showing some data, it perhaps for 5 to 10 seconds and it was closed. Not sure if was manually or automatically

For the next repetition of the set of events mentioned above Tor opened. Therefore exists the assumption that the first time was accomplished some settings by Tor. Let me know if it is correct or not.

After to watch 2 or 3 videos on YouTube about the installation of Tor, that cmd window never has appeared as happened to the nephew.

Question

  • How to know if Tor Browser is running at background in Windows 11?

Of course if it is the case and how to stop it

It was already uninstalled by deleting the folder of its own installation according with the official documentation

Manuel Jordan
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  • Press CtrlShiftEsc to run Windows Task manager.

    Task Manager Details Tab

  • Click onthe Details tab.

  • Click on Name in the header to sort alphabetically on that column.

  • Look of tor.exe.

  • Right-click on that process and select End task to kill the Tor browser.

There is no harm in killing that task.

Also, restart Windows and perform the same check to be sure Tor browser is not set to start up with Windows.

If you do want to install the excellent Tor browser, get it directly from the Tor project, and check the file at VirusTotal, as all third-party software should be checked, before installing it.

DrMoishe Pippik
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