[tor-bugs] #26887 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Unkillable tor.exe process in Windows 7 after starting Tor Browser

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#26887: Unkillable tor.exe process in Windows 7 after starting Tor Browser
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     Reporter:  jonny_11                  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:  Tor: unspecified
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  process, windows
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 After starting Tor Browser tor.exe process is launched. After closing Tor
 Browser tor.exe reside in memory, and it's unkillable. With regular
 methods (Task Manager) or with any other admin commands run from command
 line or PowerShell; or any third party tool like Process Hacker / Process
 Explorer. Only way to kill tor.exe is to reboot computer. The tor.exe
 process residing in memory preventing to start Tor Browser again.

 Windows 7 64 bit
 Tor Browser (firefox.exe) 52.9.0.6607 SHA-1:
 d6538c017b73f9745489ecb57c8f1958808b336a
 Tor (tor.exe) no version in properties SHA-1:
 1b26545eb73e5992ee64b77e1c5c98d1de495a34

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