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  5. <title>Tor MS Windows Install Instructions</title>
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  6. <meta name="Author" content="Roger Dingledine">
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  13. 

  14. <h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on MS Windows</h1>
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  15. 

  16. <a name="installing"></a>
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  17. <h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2>
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  18. <p>
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  19. <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a client on MS Windows (2000, XP, Server)
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  20. If you want to run a server (please do), read the "Configuring a server" section at
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  21. <a href="tor-doc.html#server">tor-doc.html</a>.</b>
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  22. </p>
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  23. <p>
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  24. This document was updated June 09 2005.
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  25. </p>
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  26. <p>
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  27. The latest beta release of Tor for MS Windows is
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  28. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/tor-0.1.0.9-rc-win32.exe">0.1.0.9-rc</a>.
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  29. Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
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  30. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/">here</a>, if you're looking for
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  31. new features and new bugs.
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  32. </p>
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  33. 

  34. <p>
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  35. If you want to run Tor in the system
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  36. tray and/or as a service have a look at this <a
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  37. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Win32SystemTrayService">FAQ
    38. 

  38. entry</a>. If you dont mind running in a window (so you can see its logs
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  39. and errors) our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below
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  40. is a screenshot of the setup page (your version will probably be newer
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  41. than the version printed in this screenshot):
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  42. </p>
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  43. 

  44. <img alt="tor installer splash page"
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  45. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-splash.jpg" />
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  46. 

  47. <p>
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  48. By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
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  49. <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
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  50. You can enable this by checking the "Run at startup" box as shown below.
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  51. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
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  52. </p>
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  53. 

  54. <img alt="select components to install"
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  55. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-components.jpg" />
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  56. 

  57. <p>Once the installer is finished, it will run Tor in a window so
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  58. you can see its logs and errors. (You can minimize this window, but do
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  59. not close it.)
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  60. </p>
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  61. 

  62. <img alt="tor window screenshot"
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  63. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-dos-window.jpg" />
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  64. 

  65. <p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
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  66. default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
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  67. the settings. Tor is now installed.</p>
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  68. 

  69. <a name="privoxy"></a>
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  70. <h2>Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</h2>
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  71. 

  72. <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
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  73. The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
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  74. href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a> (click on 'recent releases',
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  75. then scroll down to the MS Windows installer packages). Privoxy is a filtering
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  76. web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it should
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  77. appear in your system tray as a "P" in a circle, as pictured below:
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  78. </p>
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  79. 

  80. <img alt="privoxy icon in the system tray"
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  81. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-icon.jpg" />
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  82. 

  83. <p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
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  84. Open Privoxy's main config file by selecting it from Start Menu|All
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  85. Programs:
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  86. </p>
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  87. 

  88. <img border="1" alt="editing privoxy config"
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  89. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-config.jpg" />
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  90. 

  91. <p>Add the line <br>
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  92. <tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
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  93. to Privoxy's config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
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  94. The easiest way is to select the above line and copy/paste it into
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  95. the file. Be sure to save.
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  96. </p>
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  97. 

  98. <img border="1" alt="privoxy points to tor"
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  99. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit.jpg" />
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  100. 

  101. <a name="using"></a>
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  102. <h2>Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
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  103. 

  104. <p>Then change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
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  105. (That's where Privoxy listens.)
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  106. In Firefox it's Tools|Options|General|Connection Settings.
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  107. In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
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  108. In Opera 7.5x it's Tools|Preferences|Network|Proxy servers.
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  109. In IE, it's Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced.
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  110. You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same
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  111. thing, to hide your SSL traffic too. In IE, this looks something like:</p>
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  113. <img alt="LAN settings in IE"
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  114. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-lan.jpg" />
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  115. <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
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  116. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-proxies.jpg" />
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  117. 

  118. <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
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  119. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
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  120. leak your
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  121. DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
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  122. your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
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  123. web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
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  124. 

  125. <p>To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address so you can
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  126. verify that the address really changes when running Tor.
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  127. Go to the Start menu, click Run and enter <tt>cmd</tt>.
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  128. At the command prompt, enter <tt>ipconfig</tt>. If you are behind a NAT/Firewall
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  129. you can use one of the sites listed below to check which IP you are using.
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  130. When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again.
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  131. If everything works, your IP address should have changed.
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  132. </p>
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  134. <p>
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  135. <!--<a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>, -->
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  136. <a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> and
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  137. <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a>
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  138. are sites that show your current IP so you can see
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  139. what address and country you're coming from.
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  140. </p>
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  141. 

  142. <p>
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  143. If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's ability
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  144. to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from your local
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  145. applications to
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  146. local port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
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  147. punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
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  148. For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
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  149. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
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  150. </p>
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  151. 

  152. <p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point it at Privoxy
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  153. (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS directly (for example, for
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  154. instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), point your application directly at
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  155. Tor (localhost port 9050). For applications that support neither SOCKS
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  156. nor HTTP, take a look at <a
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  157. href="http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp">SocksCap</a>,
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  158. <a href="http://www.freecap.ru/eng/">FreeCap</a>,
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  159. or the <a
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  160. href="http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html?cks=y">Hummingbird</a>
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  161. SOCKS client. (FreeCap is free software; the others are proprietary.)<br />
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  162. For more information how to Torify other applications in detail visit
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  163. the <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify HOWTO</a>.
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  164. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
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  165. href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>
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