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 <p>Compilation and Installation:</p>

+<ul>

+<li><a href="#HowUninstallTor">How do I uninstall Tor?</a></li>

+<li><a href="#WhatIsAsc">What are these ".asc" signature files in the dist/

+directory?</a></li>

+<li><a href="#CompileTorWindows">How do I compile Tor under Windows?</a></li>

+<li><a href="#Virus">Why does my Tor executable appear to have a virus or

+spyware?</a></li>

+<li><a href="#LiveCD">Is there a LiveCD or other bundle that includes Tor?</li>

+</ul>

 <p>Running Tor:</p>

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 <hr />

+<a id="HowUninstallTor"></a>

+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#HowUninstallTor">How do I uninstall Tor?</a></h3>

+

+<p>

+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. Windows has the uninstaller functionality. The proper way to

+completely remove Tor, Vidalia, Torbutton for Firefox, and Privoxy on any

+version of Windows is as follows:

+</p>

+

+<ol>

+<li>In your taskbar, right click on Privoxy (the blue icon with a white "P")

+and choose exit.</li>

+<li>In your taskbar, right click on Vidalia (the green onion or the black head)

+and choose exit.</li>

+<li>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.</li>

+<li>Click the Start button, go to Programs, go to Vidalia, choose Uninstall.

+This will remove the Vidalia bundle, which includes Tor and Privoxy.</li>

+<li>Start Firefox. Go to the Tools menu, choose Add-ons. Select Torbutton.

+Click the Uninstall button.</li>

+

+<p>

+If you do not follow these steps, and merely try to uninstall Vidalia, Tor, and

+Privoxy, while they are still running, you need to reboot and manually remove

+the directory "Program Files\Vidalia Bundle".

+</p>

+

+<p>

+For Mac OS X, follow the <a

+href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-osx#uninstall">uninstall

+directions</a>.

+</p>

+

+<p>

+If you installed by source, I'm afraid there is no easy uninstall method. But

+on the bright side, by default it only installs into /usr/local/ and it should

+be pretty easy to notice things there.

+</p>

+

+<hr />

+

+<a id="WhatIsAsc"></a>

+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#WhatIsAsc">What are these ".asc" signature files

+in the dist/ directory?</a></h3>

+

+<p>

+These are PGP signatures, so you can verify that the file you've downloaded is

+exactly the one that we intended you to get.

+</p>

+

+<p>

+Please read the <a

+href="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/VerifyingSignatures">verifying

+signatures</a> page for details.

+</p>

+

+<hr />

+

+<a id="CompileTorWindows"></a>

+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#CompileTorWindows">How do I compile Tor under

+Windows?</a></h3>

+

+<p>

+Try following the steps at <a

+href="https://www.torproject.org/svn/trunk/doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt">https://www.torproject.org/svn/trunk/doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt</a>.

+</p>

+

+<p>

+You can also try following the (somewhat outdated) instructions at <a href="https://tor.addicts.nl/windows/">https://tor.addicts.nl/windows/</a>.

+</p>

+

+<hr />

+

+<a id="Virus"></a>

+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#Virus">Why does my Tor executable appear to have a

+virus or spyware?</a></h3>

+

+<p>

+Sometimes, overzealous Windows virus and spyware detectors trigger on some

+parts of the Tor Windows binary. Our best guess is that these are false

+positives --- after all, the anti-virus and anti-spyware business is just a

+guessing game anyway. You should contact your vendor and explain that you have

+a program that seems to be triggering false positives. Or pick a better vendor.

+</p>

+

+<p>

+In the meantime, we encourage you to not just take our word for it. Our job is

+to provide the source; please do recompile it yourself.

+</p>

+

+<hr />

+

+<a id="LiveCD"></a>

+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#LiveCD">Is there a LiveCD or other bundle that

+includes Tor?</a></h3>

+

+<p>

+There isn't any official LiveCD at this point. We're still trying to find good

+solutions and trying to understand the security and anonymity implications of

+the various options. In the mean time, feel free to check out the list below

+and use your best judgement:

+</p>

+

+<p>

+Maintained:

+</p>

+

+<ol>

+<li><a href="http://janusvm.com/">JanusVM</a> is a Linux kernel and software

+running in VMWare that sits between your Windows computer and the Internet,

+making sure that your Internet traffic is scrubbed and anonymized.</li>

+<li><a href="http://www.xerobank.com/xB_browser.html">xB Browser</a>,

+previously known as Torpark, is a Firefox+Tor package for Win32 that can

+installed on a USB key. It needs a host Win32 operating system.</li>

+<li><a href="http://tork.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LiveCD">TorK LiveCD</a>

+is Knoppix-based with an emphasis on user-friendliness. You can work

+anonymously or non-anonymously while TorK tries to keep you informed of the

+consequences of your activity. The TorK LiveCD is experimental, so the aim is

+to provide regular releases through 2007 and beyond.</li>

+<li>Polippix / Privatlivets Fred is a Danish Knoppix-based LiveCD with Tor

+and utilities to encrypt IP-telephony. <a href="http://polippix.org/">Info and

+download</a>.</li>

+<li><a href="http://incognito.anonymityanywhere.com/">Incognito LiveCD/USB</a>

+is a CD you can boot that has several Internet applications (Firefox, IRC,

+Mail, etc) pre-configured to use Tor. For most computers everything is

+automatically configured and you're ready to go. You can even copy the CD to a

+USB drive. Includes TorK.</li>

+<li><a href="http://mandalka.name/privatix/">Privatix LiveCD/USB</a> is a

+debian based live-system including tor, firefox and torbutton which can save

+bookmarks and other settings or data on an encrypted usb-key</li>

+<li>[add yours here!]</li>

+</ol>

+

+<p>

+Not currently maintained as far as we know:

+</p>

+

+<ol>

+<li>ELE is a Linux LiveCD which is focused on privacy related

+software. It includes Tor and you can download it at

+<a

+href="http://www.northernsecurity.net/download/ele/">http://www.northernsecurity.net/download/ele/</a>.</li>

+<li>Virtual Privacy Machine is a Linux LiveCD that includes Firefox, Privoxy,

+Tor, some IRC and IM applications, and a set of ipchains rules aimed to prevent

+non-Tor traffic from accidentally leaving your computer. More information at

+<a

+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/VirtualPrivacyMachine">http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/VirtualPrivacyMachine</a>.</li>

+<li>Anonym.OS is a LiveCD similar to the above but is based on OpenBSD rather

+than Linux for maximum security. It was designed to be anonymous and secure

+from the ground up, and thus has some features and limitations not found in

+other LiveCDs (Tor related or otherwise). You can obtain more information and

+download Anonym.OS from <a

+href="http://theory.kaos.to/projects.html">Kaos.Theory</a>.</li>

+<li>Phantomix is a LiveCD for anonymous surfing and chatting based on the most

+recent KNOPPIX release. It comes preconfigured with tor and privoxy. You can

+get it from the <a href="http://phantomix.ytternhagen.de/">Phantomix

+Website</a>.</li>

+</ol>

+

+<hr />

+

 <a id="KeyManagement"></a>

 <h3><a class="anchor" href="#KeyManagement">Tell me about all the keys

 Tor uses.</a></h3>