Tor AutoSwitcher – Switch Tor Identities Automatically

Tor AutoSwitcher is a free utility that automatically switches Tor to a new identity every 10 minutes. The time interval is configurable.

In case you’re wondering what the hell “Tor“ is and why would anyone care about “switching” their identity, here’s a relevant quote from the Tor article Wikipedia:

Tor is a system intended to enable online anonymity, composed of client software and a network of servers which can hide information about users’ locations and other factors which might identify them. […] It is intended to protect users’ personal freedom, privacy, and ability to conduct confidential business, by keeping their internet activities from being monitored.

Screenshot

Download

TorAutoSwitcher.zip (466 KB)

This is a Windows-only application.

Installation

Before you install and run Tor AutoSwitcher, you will need to configure Tor to allow password-protected access to its remote control API. If you have installed Tor as part of the Vidalia bundle, you can do this in the “Advanced” tab of the Vidalia settings window. Set any password you like, then restart Tor to make the changes take effect.

Extract the contents of TorAutoSwitcher.zip to a new directory and run “Tor AutoSwitcher.exe”. This will cause a configuration dialog to pop up. Enter the password you set for Tor in the “Password” box, then use the “Every [number] minutes” drop-down to select how often you’d like to switch to a new identity. In most cases you won’t need to touch the “Address” box.

Finally, click “OK”. Tor AutoSwitcher will minimize to the system tray and start switching Tor identities at the specified time interval.

To exit Tor AutoSwitcher, right-click the system tray icon and choose “Exit” from the pop-up menu.

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30 Responses to “Tor AutoSwitcher – Switch Tor Identities Automatically”

dtea says:

January 20, 2011 at 22:30

Thanks, I have been looking everywhere for this.

Do I need to change the Tor Control Port if I am using Tor to run an app that is going through a different port? Or will this change the identity of everything running through Tor?

The default port is 9051, the app port is 8118

Thanks
White Shadow says:

January 21, 2011 at 14:38

This will change the identity for everything running through Tor. You probably don’t need to change the control port.
dtea says:

January 21, 2011 at 21:19

thanks! looks like it is working perfectly so far
ze4th0x says:

January 27, 2011 at 00:33

It freezes frequently with me for some reason. Any experience with this problem?
Niezly says:

June 26, 2011 at 04:51

Great!

Any chances for trayed/minified version?
Niezly says:

June 26, 2011 at 11:44

Sorry for previous post, i see that program is trayed. Thats what happen when you comment at 5am 😉
rvp says:

September 13, 2011 at 16:43

Great!

Now can anybody tell me how to switch ip-adr, but not use the same ip more then once in the time interval of 24 hours?

Or possibly use a larger range of ip’s to use more addresses?
id says:

May 22, 2012 at 07:00

There should be an option for a random time interval too! When you switch IP’s on a time schedule you are leaving a trail that can be traced. Every 5 minutes, one IP goes quiet and another one appears, often at the same website. The time interval changes should be more along the lines of “not to exceed 5 minutes” rather than exactly 5 minutes, so the interval is relatively random!!!
How do make TOR change ip's faster? says:

August 28, 2012 at 09:46

[…] want my ip to change every 30 seconds or 1 minute. Tips? (: —-UPDATE—- I found this –>Tor AutoSwitcher – Switch Tor Identities Automatically | W-Shadow.com ,but I'd like to change ip's every 30 seconds. This little plugin will do a minimum of 1 minute. […]
reaperprojects – True Anonymity Tutorial says:

September 27, 2012 at 01:26

[…] TOR Switcher […]
Anti-Ordinary says:

October 24, 2012 at 22:08

OMG! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!
Kaltschaummatratze says:

October 26, 2012 at 14:21

Great, Finally I found this after googling how to automatically switch identity on ToR.
True Anonymity Tutorial says:

December 16, 2012 at 12:19

[…] TOR Switcher […]
How do make TOR change ip's faster? says:

February 7, 2013 at 20:10

[…] my ip to change every 30 seconds or 1 minute. Tips? (: —-UPDATE—- I found this –>Tor AutoSwitcher – Switch Tor Identities Automatically | W-Shadow.com ,but I'd like to change ip's every 30 seconds. This little plugin will do a minimum of 1 minute. […]
Carlo says:

February 21, 2013 at 11:12

Could you publish the source code of your cool program?

Thank you
Jānis Elsts says:

February 21, 2013 at 11:46

Sorry, no.
Monisha Vohra says:

February 28, 2013 at 03:20

Hi there! Do you know if they make any plugins to safeguard against hackers?
I’m kinda paranoid about losing everything I’ve worked hard on.
Any suggestions?
john says:

April 7, 2013 at 12:32

Really? I don’t see the reason for the secrecy on the source code. If your going to use untrustworthy software while trying to anonymize yourselves doesn’t it defeat the purpose. You have no idea what could be in this program. I don’t really see the reason why the source can’t be shared I would think your probably just using telenet or something like that to control vidalia using its own built in api.
Dan says:

October 21, 2013 at 22:07

This says it’s switched Tor’s IP, but Firefox won’t connect to the internet anymore at all then. Can’t seem to set it back to normal either without a Tor bundle re-install. Annoying.
vijay kudal says:

January 23, 2014 at 17:31

after new chnages in tor browser,I cant see management option tp change tor ip,plz look into it