Thanks very much. I'll check that out. regards
-----Original Message----- From: Irratar <irrata...@gmail.com> To: or-talk@freehaven.net Sent: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 4:17 pm Subject: Re: FF updates and add-ons and others minor problems Sorry! Of course, I wanted to write "Disable UPDATES during Tor usage" 2010/3/9, Irratar <irrata...@gmail.com>: > Hello. > > I encountered the same problem earlier. To disable upgrading Firefox > while working via Tor, I installed the Torbutton plugin, then > activated "Disable plugins during Tor usage" switch. Inspite of that > flag isn't marked as important, I feel more secure when it's turned > on. > > > 2010/3/5, zzzjethro...@email2me.net <zzzjethro...@email2me.net>: >> >> Hello. >> >> >> Is this normal? Does anyone know about this or has had it happen to >> them? >> >> Firefox started installing version 3.0.18 (I was running 3.0.17), on my >> Mac >> (10.5.2), while I was in Hidden Services waiting for Onion Forum to open. >> It caught me by surprise and finished the install but then another window >> popped open and showed me it was putting on Add-ons which I cancelled. >> >> I regularly check my FF preferences, so did immediately and nothing is >> checked, especially automatically updating or adding add-ons without >> asking >> first. >> >> Also, in Vidalia's Message Log window, it used to show the progress of >> "getting enough information to build a circuit" but now, and in no time >> at >> all (less then 3 seconds), the Control Panel says Tor is connected and >> the >> message log never says anything, other than the initial starting up logs, >> i.r. "this is experimental software", "opening SOCKS", etc. >> >> Generally, I always copy and paste my onion addresses and for that matter >> I >> do it all the time when I surf at all. In this way, I look at the address >> before hitting enter and lately have seen lots of addresses in the Onion >> Forum with "redirects" in the address bar. >> >> Before I closed out, I went to Torproject to check my IP and it was >> different so that made me feel a bit better. I used to do the IP check >> right >> after connecting Tor but the address would be the same IP as my last >> session >> and I was told doing something habitually makes an address/client/user >> (mine/me), stand out. >> >> Thanks in advance. Hope what I gave is enough info. Next time I'll take a >> snapshot of it all. >> >> >> > *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/