Therefore, this file is accessible from the local server at Now open the Apache configuration file C:\Server\bin\Apache24\conf\nf and add it:ĭocumentRoot "C:/Server/data/htdocs/hidden/" In the folder C:\Server\data\htdocs\ I create a new hidden folder, and in it the index.htm file with the following contents: Your site for the hidden service should already work and open with localhost. Now that the web server is installed and its functionality is verified, we will begin to configure the hidden service in Windows.
To configure it, refer to the guide ‘ How to install web server on Windows 10 (Apache 2.4, PHP 7, MySQL 8.0 and phpMyAdmin)’. To start a hidden service, you only need two things:īy the way, you might be interested in the article ‘How to get a beautiful domain name for the Tor hidden service.’ You do not need to worry about buying a domain name (it's free), about DNS, public IP, etc. Through this network, anyone who has the address of your hidden service (domain name *.onion) can visit your website, which serves your web server. Your computer must have access to the Tor network. The essence of the hidden service is that on your computer (it can be a rented VPS or your home computer) running a web server. How to create Tor hidden service in Windows
Therefore, if you download from a blocked site, then uncheck the box Without proxy: Replace the type with Socks5, in the Host/Port field, type localhost and 9050:Ĭlick OK to save the settings and close the window.
In JDownloader, go to Settings, then the Connection Manager tab, and click the Add button. JDownloader site, direct link to download the JDownloader installer. I will show you the example of JDownloader (free, open source, supports a huge number of web sites and file sharing sources, cross-platform), but this instruction is suitable for any such programs if they support SOCKS5 or SOCKS4. So image YouTube is blocked, so you can visit it using Tor Browser, but you cannot download video because your download program does not use Tor and, so, cannot access it. I consider YouTube just as an example of a web site, which can be censored in some regions. Some sites with media content allow you to view it, but do not allow you to download files to your hard drive. Using Tor in Windows to download files from blocked sites Now, when the Tor service is installed and running, several recipes will be shown, how it can be used. Note that you must first stop the service and then delete it.īy default, the Tor service listens on port 9050, so you can check whether it is started by a command that shows if port 9050 is listened:įor /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5*" %i in ('netstat -aon ^| findstr ":9050" ^| findstr /i listening') do echo %j %l & | findstr %m To start and stop the service, use the following commands: Remember that you must specify options after the -options flag, otherwise they will be ignored. Now install the Tor service, which will read the settings from the C:\Tor\torrc file:Ĭ:\Tor\tor.exe -service install -options -f "C:\Tor\torrc"
To check if the service with the settings file starts (it does not contain errors), you can use this command: We need a configuration file, so create it in the C:\Tor\, directory, this file should be named torrc: You can adjust the service using various Tor command-line options. To install the service, simply run the command: For Tor to work constantly, it needs to be installed as a service. Tor already works! But it will end if you close the window. Open the Windows command prompt, to do this, press Win+x and select " Windows PowerShell (Administrator)" there. Tor can be started once, or set as NT service, which will be launched each time your computer booting.
Next we will talk only about the Expert Bundle.įrom the downloaded archive (in my case, the file is called tor-win32-0.3.3.7.zip), unpack the Tor folder to the root of drive C. It can be downloaded from the same page of the official website. If you want to install Tor as a service on Windows, then you need Expert Bundle. There already is everything you need for anonymous surfing in the web and everything is already set up. If you need a browser with Tor, that is, if you are sufficient that you can have another IP when surfing the Internet or want to bypass regional restriction, then you need Tor Browser, download it from the official site.