[tor-relays] Tor and Viruses

Bryon Eldridge barkerjr at barkerjr.net
Wed Apr 13 22:37:42 UTC 2011


> It's still not common. I assume a zombie computer somewhere was trying
> to connect to a Command&Control server via Tor - a C&C which is being
> sinkholed by anti-malware researchers or is otherwise flagged. So your
> exit machine looks as if it is infected.

It's likely that the malware just uses the system's default proxy to
connect, and is not specifically looking to use Tor.


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