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The Tor Project (torproject@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 14:43:15 UTC The Tor Project

TorBrowser 12.5.6 no longer flagged by Windows Defender.
✔️Make sure your Windows Defender is up to date,
✔️and either unquarantine tor.exe, or reinstall TorBrowser by downloading it from our website –
✔️ remember to check the signature (1.397.1910.0)
https://forum.torproject.org/t/torbrowser-12-5-6-no-longer-flagged-by-windows-defender/9522
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1. TorBrowser 12.5.6 no longer flagged by Windows Defender
  
  If you are a Windows user and a TorBrowser user, you are probably not without knowing that the latest version of TorBrowser, or more specifically the tor.exe it contains, was flagged as a trojan by Windows Defender. We finally received a reply from Microsoft: At this time, the submitted files do not meet our criteria for malware or potentially unwanted applications. The detection has been removed. Please follow the steps below to clear cached detections and obtain the latest malware definitio...
- jack_freeman47 (jack_freeman47@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Oct-2023 15:47:52 UTC jack_freeman47
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  @torproject I only use linux, specifically Debian. No more problems since getting off Widnows a long time ago! :)
  
  In conversation Monday, 02-Oct-2023 15:47:52 UTC permalink

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