Tor VM for Microsoft Windows

INTRODUCTION

	Tor VM is a transparent proxy that routes all your DNS request 
and TCP traffic though the Tor network.  The major advantage of running 
Tor VM is the protection you get from IP disclosure attacks that could 
leak your true IP address. Tor VM will not protect you from leaking 
personal information while in use; please take caution in protecting your 
personal identity and information by not sending  it across the Tor network.  
The use of encryption (HTTPS) whenever possible is highly recommended.


USAGE

	To use Tor VM, simply open the torvm.exe in the folder you 
extracted it into.  A black console window will be displayed while 
Tor VM is running.

DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW WHILE TOR VM IS RUNNING!  

There is also a second window for QEMU which is running the tor_vm.iso 
image.  Close this window when you are finished and want to stop using 
Tor VM.  When you close the QEMU window, the other console window will 
remain open for several seconds while your original IP configuration is 
restored.  If this takes more than 3 minutes, something went wrong and 
you may have to reconfigure your network settings.


TROUBLESHOOTING

	A Tap32 network interface is automatically installed with Tor VM.  
This is required for Tor VM to communicate securely with Windows and not 
leak any packets into the physical network.  After Tor VM exits, this 
Tap32 adapter will remain installed.  If the Tap32 adapter was to be 
removed after Tor VM exits, Windows would have to be rebooted in order 
to run Tor VM again.  This is why it remains installed.

	Tor VM also changes the IP configuration of the primary network 
adapter to a static IP.  Your original setting are restored when Tor VM 
is close correctly.  If for some reason your original IP configuration 
is not restored, we apologize in advance because you will have to 
reconfigure it manually.  Sorry. :(

[THIS SECTION WILL BE EXPANDED AS BUG REPORTS COME IN]


LICENSE

Tor VM is distributed under this license:

Copyright (c) 2008, The Tor Project, Inc.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.

    * Neither the names of the copyright owners nor the names of its
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
this software without specific prior written permission.

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