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

[ng0]

On 2016-05-29(04:32:12+0000), krutt at anche.no wrote:
> 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

Correction: apt-get remove 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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