Daily Archives: September 1, 2014

So this is odd - i've been using TOR Browser for a while now with no issue, but then tonight I tried to connect and I get the following error message -

"Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at check.torproject.org."

I haven't changed any settings, and my log file contains the following:

Mar 07 00:41:46.678 [Notice] Tor v0.2.3.25 (git-17c24b3118224d65) running on Windows 7. Mar 07 00:41:46.678 [Notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning Mar 07 00:41:46.678 [Notice] Read configuration file "C:UsersMyNameDesktopTor BrowserDataTortorrc". Mar 07 00:41:46.678 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.21-stable using method win32. Good. Mar 07 00:41:46.678 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150 Mar 07 00:41:46.678 [Notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9151 Mar 07 00:41:46.791 [Notice] Parsing GEOIP file .DataTorgeoip. Mar 07 00:41:49.461 [Notice] No AES engine found; using AES_* functions. Mar 07 00:41:49.461 [Notice] This OpenSSL has a good implementation of counter mode; using it. Mar 07 00:41:49.461 [Notice] OpenSSL OpenSSL 1.0.0k 5 Feb 2013 looks like version 0.9.8m or later; I will try SSL_OP to enable renegotiation Mar 07 00:41:49.461 [Notice] Reloaded microdescriptor cache. Found 3175 descriptors. Mar 07 00:41:49.461 [Notice] We now have enough directory information to build circuits. Mar 07 00:41:49.461 [Notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network. Mar 07 00:41:49.461 [Notice] New control connection opened. Mar 07 00:41:50.328 [Notice] Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 0:00 hours, with 1 circuits open. I've sent 0 kB and received 0 kB. Mar 07 00:41:50.440 [Notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop. Mar 07 00:41:51.546 [Notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit. Mar 07 00:41:52.319 [Notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working. Mar 07 00:41:52.319 [Notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done.

I'm not finding much help online - what could be the problem?

Go here to read the rest:
Tor Browser - Problem Connecting?

Download the file above, and save it somewhere, then double click on it. (1) Click "Run" then choose the installer's language and click OK (2). Make sure you have at least 80MB of free disk space in the location you select. If you want to leave the bundle on the computer, saving it to the Desktop is a good choice. If you want to move it to a different computer or limit the traces you leave behind, save it to a USB disk.

Click Install (3) Wait until the installer finishes. This may take a few minutes to complete.

Once the installation is complete, click Finish to launch Tor Browser's wizard.

Once you see Tor Browser's wizard click Connect

Alternatively, you can launch Tor Browser by going to the folder Tor Browser which can be found at the location you saved the bundle at (Default: Desktop) and double click on the Start Tor Browser application.

Once Tor is ready, Tor Browser will automatically be opened. Only web pages visited through Tor Browser will be sent via Tor. Other web browsers such as Internet Explorer are not affected.

Once you are finished browsing, close any open Tor Browser windows by clicking on the (6). For privacy reasons, the list of web pages you visited and any cookies will be deleted.

Excerpt from:
What is the Tor Browser? - Tor Project: Anonymity Online