[tor-relays] I'm Running A Tor Exit But Never Initiated It

[Jim Electro House]

Try to check if your computers have a virus or sth else, there is no other
explanation of what is happening in your house. If I was you, I would do a
full backup and then format all of my computers..

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Percy Blakeney <di99in5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is NO ONE else in this house that uses my computers other than my 13
> year old daughter who plays Minecraft on hers.  I have one Dell desktop
> that runs Linux Mint Rosa, however, sometimes when I turn it on a black
> screen appears with a message stating "VirtualBox restarting."   Neither my
> child nor myself installed VirtualBox on the desktop.  I also have an Acer
> laptop that runs Linux Mint Mate and a Lenovo that runs Windows 10.  When I
> try to install the Tor browser on my Acer it tells me I already have it and
> it's running, however when I try to open it I'm told I don't have it.  Yet
> my folders and files tell me otherwise.  I have so much to get out that
> once again I'll apologize for my ADD responses.
>
> On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 11:23 AM, krutt at anche.no <krutt at anche.no> wrote:
>
>> Hey percy,
>>
>> I can't image a single reason why Tor should be configured to run a
>> relay without the system admins knowledge. Are there any other useres
>> with root access at those machines?
>> You could issue "(sudo) ls -al" on that folder to find out when the Tor
>> configs were created. Are there any other settings set in your torrc?
>>
>> I'm not quite sure but this could be a "good" crypto locker too.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> KRutt
>>
>> Percy Blakeney:
>> > According to files and folders I have on two separate computers in my
>> > house, I am running a Tor exit but I absolutely have nothing to do with
>> > it.  I am only able to physically view certain files ie; var/log/tor,
>> > etc/tor/torrc, while other files like var/lib/tor/lock the content is
>> > invisible.  I am MORE than willing to talk to anyone who may be able to
>> > help.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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