Step 5: What the Tor Browser Bundle Can and Cannot Do

In order to take advantage of Tor’s anonymity and circumvention properties, you must launch the Tor Browser Bundle and use the browser client that comes packaged with it – this is special version of Firefox that is specifically configured to relay traffic via the Tor Network.
•Other installed browsers, such as Google Chrome, regular Firefox, or Internet Explorer, will not automatically use the Tor network.
•Explain that unlike with a VPN, non-browser Internet traffic such as that from email clients like Thunderbird and Outlook, or instant messaging programs like Pidgin and Adium, will not benefit from Tor’s anonymity or circumvention properties.
•When using Tor Browser, you might want to visit check.torproject.org and verify that Tor is indeed functioning as you might expect it to.