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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: shopper1888 on June 29, 2013, 10:56 pm

Title: need link to tor update
Post by: shopper1888 on June 29, 2013, 10:56 pm
I am getting a flashing yellow triangle to the left of the address bar and message to download browser update but when I have tried to do this it still appears - does anyone have the link to the update please?
I have tried to click on the link which takes me here but apart from downloading the whole thing again, which I did with no good results, I don't know what to do.
 thanks.
Title: Re: need link to tor update
Post by: astor on June 29, 2013, 11:25 pm
Did you extract the browser bundle into the folder of the previous version? Apparently it does that unless you extract into a new folder.

As long as you're using the newest version, the flashing will go away after a while.

Title: Re: need link to tor update
Post by: SorryMario on June 30, 2013, 12:27 am
As Astor said, you've probably already downloaded the update (current version is 2.3.25-10), but have not yet installed it, so you're still using the outdated version. Here's the hidden service page for Tor Browser Bundle downloads (avoids clearnet)
http://idnxcnkne4qt76tg.onion/download/download-easy.html.en

After I download a new Tor update, here's what I do:
1. Download the signature (.sig) file for the update
2. Verify the signature using GPG
3. Exit firefox / tor browser
4. Delete the old "tor browser" folder and all of its contents (might not be necessary, but it's what I do).
5. Install the verified update

Now it's ready to go and you can open tor and browse with the new updated version.
Title: Re: need link to tor update
Post by: shopper1888 on June 30, 2013, 09:04 pm
Did you extract the browser bundle into the folder of the previous version? Apparently it does that unless you extract into a new folder.

As long as you're using the newest version, the flashing will go away after a while.

thanks bud.  It did not go into the previos folder so that is the answer to that.

As Astor said, you've probably already downloaded the update (current version is 2.3.25-10), but have not yet installed it, so you're still using the outdated version. Here's the hidden service page for Tor Browser Bundle downloads (avoids clearnet)
http://idnxcnkne4qt76tg.onion/download/download-easy.html.en

After I download a new Tor update, here's what I do:
1. Download the signature (.sig) file for the update
2. Verify the signature using GPG
3. Exit firefox / tor browser
4. Delete the old "tor browser" folder and all of its contents (might not be necessary, but it's what I do).
5. Install the verified update

Now it's ready to go and you can open tor and browse with the new updated version.

after reading the options I think I will do a mix of both of your suggestions and search for all tor bundle files and delete them before uploading the newest version.

I appreciate the help.