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Why has my Tor Browser stopped working?
If Tor Browser was working before and is not working now your system may have been hibernating. A reboot of your system will solve the issue. Delete Tor Browser and install it again. If updating, do not just overwrite your previous Tor Browser files; ensure they are fully deleted beforehand.
Is Tor a safe Browser?
The short answer is yes. You can use Tor browser to surf anonymously. However, we strongly discourage you from using just Tor for online protection. Multiple incidents have shown that unsafe use of Tor can result in a severe privacy leak or even issues with your online safety.
What can I do if my Tor Browser won’t open?
I checked the Event Viewer and saw the faulting application path was to firefox.exe in the Tor browser folder. So, I went to Identity Protection in Webroot and looked in Application Protection to find that firefox.exe entry.
What is the error message at the start of Tor?
Answer #1: This error message is discussed as #10789 in Tor’s trac. Users who report this message have a Webroot product installed. This software blocks several DLL files. After Webroot was uninstalled Tor Browser worked without any problems on those users.
Why is my computer not connecting to Tor?
Try each of the following: Your computer’s system clock must be set correctly, or Tor will not be able to connect. Make sure another Tor Browser or instance of ‘Tor’ is not already running on your system. If you’re not sure if Tor Browser is running, restart your computer.
Where can I find the Tor Browser logs?
At the bottom of the page, next to the “View the Tor logs” text, click the button “View Logs…”. Alternatively, on GNU/Linux, to view the logs right in the terminal, navigate to the Tor Browser directory and launch the Tor Browser from the command line by running: Or to save the logs to a file (default: tor-browser.log):