I have two versions of TOR on my PC. If I use the one that has security settings at medium - so I can log in here for example - I am getting a continual stream of something from this site: www.cyber-consultancy.nl I watch the modem lights and the stream does not stop as long as the browser is online.

If I then go to my more secure version with max security this does not happen. So I am left wondering if this agency has been hired by someone to test TOR security holes?

Any thoughts?


It's literally just the Tor relay that you're connecting to.


Don't try to use "security" tools that you don't understand, they will make you less secure while also confusing you.

  • I changed the TOR circuit several times, every time data was coming from that IP. So I opened and closed the browser to change the circuit several times yet every time this IP was sending something in a constant stream. This is not usual because normally once the circuit is changed and you are not doing anything the modem lights stop flashing until you connect to a URL. The point is it does not happen with security settings at maximum. – betty2015 Jul 2 '17 at 21:49
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    You will re-use the same guard as the start point for all your circuits for one browser. The second browser has a different Tor DataDirectory and a different guard, it will not make connections to the same location.There is nothing unusual about what you've described. – cacahuatl Jul 3 '17 at 1:17

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