TOR Browser: Safe to use 2014?

Question

I downloaded the TOR Bundle from the official website. But when I open the installer it says that the Publisher cannot be verified.
(So I'm guess that TOR doesn't have a certificate).
Is TOR virus free? And when you where installing TOR did you experience this?

P.S. I know it's based of Firefox...but is it safe?

Answer 1

Tor Browser Safe

Answer 2

Is Tor Browser Safe

Answer 3

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RE:

TOR Browser: Safe to use 2014?

I downloaded the TOR Bundle from the official website. But when I open the installer it says that the Publisher cannot be verified.

(So I'm guess that TOR doesn't have a certificate).

Is TOR virus free? And when you where installing TOR did you experience this?



P.S. I know it's based...

Answer 4

RE:

TOR Browser: Safe to use 2014?

I downloaded the TOR Bundle from the official website. But when I open the installer it says that the Publisher cannot be verified.

(So I'm guess that TOR doesn't have a certificate).

Is TOR virus free? And when you where installing TOR did you experience this?



P.S. I know it's based...

Answer 5

Ok the guy saying stay away and acting like it is illegal to use Tor is a idiot! Tor is completely legal to use! And if someone tries to come after you, simply because they are angry that they can't spy on you, Is completely illegal and nothing but harassment, And a violation of your civil rights! Tor is also safe and free of any virus or spyware.

Answer 6

Tors application itself is virus free. Its the IP you connect to (Unless configured, will most likely change every time its opened). Tor is known for its way for getting around just about any block, it tries 100s of IP addresses rapidly. Some of these servers are insecure and not trusted. Thats how Tor got its password fishing title. Its not tor, its the servers it connects to that save your password.

Answer 7

I wouldn't use the browser bundle. be wary of the browser bundle from Tor ESPECIALLY if you use Windows. This bundle is the subject of special interest by FBI and they are constantly trying to exploit whatever version of Firefox that it uses and was recently successful.

If you want to get on Tor you can always do it the easy way by using a router that has Tor embedded in it. I recommend PAPARouter (http://paparouter.com) because it's inexpensive (less than $100.00), allows you to anonymize several devices at once and best of all it has non U.S. exit nodes hard coded into it . Given all the uproar that other countries are having with U.S. spying, making your last Tor relay outside of the U.S. to your target site is great security and using https would be massive protection.



TOR AND HTTPS PAGE

https://www.eff.org/pages/tor-and-https



FBI exploit using Firefox Bundle

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/08/attackers-wield-firefox-exploit-to-uncloak-anonymous-tor-users/

Answer 8

I agree with Julian.



But there is an easy way (without buying any hardware). You can boot to a live cd/usb with either Liberte Linux or TAILS. This will make no changes to your computer and will not access your HDD. All traffic to and from your machine will be routed through Tor.



http://dee.su/liberte

https://tails.boum.org/



P.S ALWAYS check the signatures.

Answer 9

HI there,

I have used it to try out and had no problems.

Also got the "not verified" message which I ignored.

Cannot guarantee no viruses but I had no problems.

To be safe; download to desktop and do a virus scan before opening.

Hope this helps,

Al

Answer 10

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