Versions
(Note, the developer publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
tor.exe
Warning 13 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of tor.exe.
Overview
tor.exe has 9 known versions, the most recent one is . It is started as a Windows Service called 'Tor Win32 Service' with the name 'tor' and described as “Provides an anonymous Internet communication system”. . The average file size is about 2.68 MB. The programs Polipo 1.0.4.1, Saver2 and BitTorrent have been observed as installing specific variations of tor.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 20.73 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 27.92 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 7.4 KB per minute for reads and 35.12 KB per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | tor.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\vidalia bundle\tor\tor.exe |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | tor |
| Display name: | Tor Win32 Service |
| Description: | “Provides an anonymous Internet communication system” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of tor.exe.)
µTorrent is a is a free, ad-supported, lighter-weight BitTorrent client designed to consume less resources then the full BitTorrent version. Some uTorrent installs include potentially unwanted program...
BitTorrent is a desktop application that allows you to work with torrent files.BitTorrent allows you to download files available as torrents, search torrent sites for music, videos, books, software an...
Polipo is a lightweight forwarding and caching web proxy server. Polipo is HTTP 1.1-compliant, supports IPv4, IPv6, traffic filtering and privacy-enhancement. To minimize latency, Polipo both pipeline...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of tor.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'tor' (Tor Win32 Service)
- tor
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 13 of them detected the following malware.
All file variations of tor.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
42.86% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.57% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
7.14% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.14% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.14% |
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| Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation |
7.14% |
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Distribution by country
Ireland installs about 14.29% of tor.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
28.57% |
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| Lenovo |
28.57% |
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| Acer |
14.29% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
14.29% |
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| American Megatrends |
14.29% |
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