AVG + TOR = BARF

Grant Heller torstatistics at gmail.com
Fri Aug 22 06:41:36 UTC 2008


On 8/21/08, John Mosgrove <mr_john_mosgrove at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Well.....
> Initially I tried Vidalia, but wasnt sure how to set it up, so then I tried
> the browser inside the zipped up standalone in
> 'tor-im-browser-1.1.2_en-US.exe'.
> When I first ran it yesterday I got a message that AVG, I'm running AVG
> free ver.8.0.138, "refused the connection" if I remember correctly; however
> today I ran it again and the stand alone browser gave me the minimized
> firefox and german, (I think), entry page right away.
> I dont get it.
>
> Sorry for the false alarm. Nice to know I'm on the right channel for
> getting tor feedback. I wasnt totally sure I would actually get a response
> by sending an open message in reply to any or all of the tor traffic I've
> been getting.
>
> Bye and bye... I'm sure that yahoo is hardly a 'safe' place to email
> from/to, do you recommend any other potentially less compromise worthy mail
> clients? That is one that I am less likely to be compromised by?
>
> Thanks.
>

If you're looking for local privacy, gmail's web interface + https works,
although I don't know if google snoops what you're sending and receiving.
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