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

krutt at anche.no krutt at anche.no
Sun May 29 16:32:12 UTC 2016


Hey there,

This situation sounds really weird. Could you try running
sudo cat /var/lib/tor/fingerprint
on one of your Tor-machines? Then we can determine whether you are
really running an exit relay.

As Arjen stated before, you can probably remove the Tor package with
sudo apt-get install tor

Best regards,
KRutt

Percy Blakeney:
> 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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