You’ll want to stop where it asks you where you want to save the Tor files and make sure they’re in the proper location. You can save the Tor files in a different location during the install process. If you’re trying to use the Tor browser discreetly, I’d recommend keeping the browser deeper in your file systems and not directly on your desktop for everyone to see. You can also create a desktop icon at the end of the install process. Here, you’ll select where you want the Tor browser saved. The download process should start an install wizard. Once it’s done, locate where it’s been downloaded to and double click on the icon to begin the installation process.

Once you click Download for Windows, the executable should begin to install. In this article I’ll only be covering how to install the Windows version of Tor, so don’t concern yourselves with the other options if you don’t need to. There should be a button for you to click on the landing page of the Tor Project site.

Here, you’ll want to locate where it says “download for windows”.

How To Install And Launch Torįirst, you’ll want to navigate to the Tor website to download the browser. Some of these sites are even set up to fight against the darker sites that Tor provides. You can completely avoid the more depraved sites and find “dark web” sites that are mainly just community-based. However, some onion sites are mainly for connecting with others anonymously. Do be warned, a lot of the stuff indexed on these sites are gruesome and I do not endorse the use of these sites. In this article, I’ll give you some resources to browse this darker side of the internet. This is what most people think about when they reference Tor. The secondary use for the Tor browser is its private network the community has created. It’s created to intentionally increase your anonymity while online. The browser’s main concern is your safety while using the internet. I highly advocate for at least trying out the Tor browser. For now, I’ll be discussing how to download Tor, and how to use it properly. In a later article, I’ll discuss further why the Tor browser isn’t unsafe, and why it can actually be safer than using a normal browser. This may be a scary concept for those who don’t understand how the system works.

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