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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: tommygun on October 16, 2012, 10:20 pm

Title: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: tommygun on October 16, 2012, 10:20 pm
Having all kinds of java popups had to revert back to last version.  Anyone else had these issues?
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: Wadozo on October 17, 2012, 02:03 pm
Having all kinds of java popups had to revert back to last version.  Anyone else had these issues?

What do you mean by Java pop-ups? Is it the pop-up to update Java? Does the Tor home page load? I am having no such issues. Have you tried removing the new install of Tor, downloading it again, re-booting your system and then re-installing Tor again? You shouldn't use a version of Tor where a security flaw has been patched.
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: CoolGrey on October 17, 2012, 07:41 pm
What website were you on?

Java script is turned on by default in the Tor browser. (They did this, because they feared that if they turned them off by default, many users would make exceptions for the ones they need, and in that way developing a unique fingerprint of allowed/disallowed scripts, compromising their anonymity.)

Anyway, if you configure no script to block all scripts (like I do), and you change to the new update browser bundle, your settings are reset (scripts will be allowed again). You can turn them off by clicking the "s" to the left of the address bar.
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: sunny1 on October 17, 2012, 07:56 pm
I tried to update but in the message log it still says i have the old version. I uploaded and overwrote the old tor file. How can i check to see if i have the new version?
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: Wadozo on October 17, 2012, 10:59 pm
Mate, start from scratch and don't try to overwrite the previous version. Completely remove Tor from your system. Download a fresh copy and install Tor as per usual. There is no reason at all Tor shouldn't work if your starting fresh unless you have some underlying problems with your system. Could be your registry, some malware/spyware or even a trojan or a virus could be causing you problems.
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: darthvaderstar on October 17, 2012, 11:26 pm
How do we completely delete Tor? I have been trying to figure that out, it's not in add/remove programs.
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: Wadozo on October 17, 2012, 11:43 pm
How do we completely delete Tor? I have been trying to figure that out, it's not in add/remove programs.

This is from Tor's F.A.Q's on the Tor Home Page.

How do I uninstall Tor?

 This depends entirely on how you installed it and which operating system you have. If you installed a package, then hopefully your package has a way to uninstall itself. The Windows packages include uninstallers. The proper way to completely remove Tor, Vidalia, Torbutton for Firefox, and Polipo on any version of Windows is as follows:

a.In your taskbar, right click on Vidalia (the green onion or the black head) and choose exit.

b.Right click on the taskbar to bring up TaskManager. Look for tor.exe in the Process List. If it's running, right click and choose End Process.

c.Click the Start button, go to Programs, go to Vidalia, choose Uninstall. This will remove the Vidalia bundle, which includes Tor and Polipo.

d.Start Firefox. Go to the Tools menu, choose Add-ons. Select Torbutton. Click the Uninstall button.

 If you do not follow these steps (for example by trying to uninstall Vidalia, Tor, and Polipo while they are still running), you will need to reboot and manually remove the directory "Program Files\Vidalia Bundle".
 
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: tommygun on October 18, 2012, 01:32 am
thanks gonna do a reinstall in a min.
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: tommygun on October 18, 2012, 01:37 am
Wow I just deleted the files and extracted to a different location and suddenly no issue. 

Hmm...
Title: Re: Anyone having issues with the new tor browser update?
Post by: darthvaderstar on October 18, 2012, 02:16 am
i followed those steps and i still can't delete? However i was able to figure out how to update it.

I think i messed up trying to figure out how to update it that i downloaded it a few times and put the files around the place, if it helps i downloaded the tor bundle.