firefox will not connect this morning??torprivoxy?!

[stejones]

So this morning when I go to use my machine I cannot get online using ff from my account on the macbook , I can from the admin .
I have my son & his friends over and let them use the machine last night & dont know what they have been doing but this morning I'm stuck but not as stuck as them when they get back later

there is torprivoxy stopping my connection ?! , I have looked around the net for info but I'm at a loss , anyone know what to do ?

How do I get this thing of my Mac?? is it a spyware ??

This thing will not let me connect anywhere through firefox
help

 

[fwhh]

This has something to do with a system called "The Onion Router" (tor), check in System Preferences -> Network the proxy settings for your network device (Ethernet, Airport,...). If a http proxy is enabled with the address 127.0.0.1:8118, disable it. This will disable the onion router. In Firefox check the prefereces for the network (Advanced->Network->Settings), and in case a proxy is enabled, disable it.

Edit: you may have a look on this page:
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-osx.html

 

[stejones]

This has something to do with a system called "The Onion Router" (tor), check in System Preferences -> Network the proxy settings for your network device (Ethernet, Airport,...). If a http proxy is enabled with the address 127.0.0.1:8118, disable it. This will disable the onion router. In Firefox check the prefereces for the network (Advanced->Network->Settings), and in case a proxy is enabled, disable it.

Edit: you may have a look on this page:
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-osx.html

Thank you .

Nothing came up (that I could see ) in System Preferences but I did manage to disable it via FF> Advanced>Network>Settings .

I'd been looking on that page before hand but could not delete the program using Terminal as it informed me "no such file or directory"

I can get on the net via FF now though .
Would you have any idea how I can get this tor onion proxy totally off my machine ?

appreciate the help

Ste

 

[fwhh]

Just check the folders and files mentioned on the website.
If you don't want to use the terminal, you can also use the Finder to look for those files/folders.
E.g. /Library/Privoxy equals Macintosh HD:Libraryrivoxy in Finder.
To view the /usr/ directory in finder, use: Go to -> Goto Folder, and type "/usr/"
to open this hidden folder.
If you find nothing, TOR is not installed on your machine, and the proxy settings were a left-over from a former installation.