Function of Spybot TeaTimer?

[ms]

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

Mike Sa

 

[CoMa]

Newsreader: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U)

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

Read about it here
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=13433
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32276
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32034


/CoMa


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[Chris Walken]

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

Mike Sa

If you run a Spybot update today you will see that there is now a
TeaTimer help file available for download.

 

[NonDisputandum.com]

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

Mike Sa

I says when an important registry entry is added of altered and asks
you if you agree or not.

It seems stable and does not bother imho to run in the background.
I do whould have preferred to have known about that befor I downloaded
version 1.3. But when it comes to Spybot,.. i'm very permissive ;-)
Don't forget, as far as I know it's a one-man's job... hellofajob

Of cource there are other progs that can do a similar job,...

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[ms]

I says when an important registry entry is added of altered and asks
you if you agree or not.

It seems stable and does not bother imho to run in the background.
I do whould have preferred to have known about that befor I downloaded
version 1.3. But when it comes to Spybot,.. i'm very permissive ;-)
Don't forget, as far as I know it's a one-man's job... hellofajob

Of cource there are other progs that can do a similar job,.

Thanks to all, the links from CoMa explain it. I will have to sort out
the use of TeaTimer, RegistryProt, Startup Control Panel and Startup
Monitor.

Mike Sa

 

[Aaron]

I says when an important registry entry is added of altered and asks
you if you agree or not.
-)

More importantly I think it recognises and blocks bad processes from
running. So you won't be infected in the first place.
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[ms]

If you run a Spybot update today you will see that there is now a
TeaTimer help file available for download.

I just got that named file as an update. Even with that title, the file
is a brief overview of how to start using Spybot. Teatimer is never
mentioned. (???)

Mike Sa

 

[ms]

Newsreader: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U)

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

Read about it here
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=13433
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32276
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32034

/CoMa

I went through each of the above links, others asked the same question I
did. There was a general answer that "it seems to block installs into
registry....

There was not a real answer to the above question. The mystery
continues.

I realize Spybot is really one guy pretty much by himself, so I guess
patience is needed to wait and see. In the mean time, I will disable it
as I like to know what my startup programs are and what they do.

Mike Sa

 

[bassbag]

Newsreader: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U)

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

Read about it here
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=13433
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32276
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32034

/CoMa

I went through each of the above links, others asked the same question I
did. There was a general answer that "it seems to block installs into
registry....

There was not a real answer to the above question. The mystery
continues.

I realize Spybot is really one guy pretty much by himself, so I guess
patience is needed to wait and see. In the mean time, I will disable it
as I like to know what my startup programs are and what they do.

Mike Sa

It monitors(registry) run keys for changes and system settings (which most
if not all trojans would alter).In fact im using it now instead of regprot.I
had some issues with regprot and index.dat suite.I find teatimer better
especially since the cpu hogging has been fixed in the latest version .
me

 

[ms]

It monitors(registry) run keys for changes and system settings (which most
if not all trojans would alter).In fact im using it now instead of regprot.I
had some issues with regprot and index.dat suite.I find teatimer better
especially since the cpu hogging has been fixed in the latest version .
me

What problems did you have with regprot?

For me, it has been running for several years and seems to work fine,
but IIRC only notifies on certain registry keys.

Mike Sa

 

[Lew/+Silat]

I have spybot 1.3 and cant find reference to TeaTimer anywhere in the
program? Where do you turn it on?



Lew/+Silat

 

[Michael Rainey]

Mode > Advanced - menu at the top
Tools > Resident at the bottom

 

[Ed]

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

Mike Sa

Not sure what the problem is here. I run TeaTimer at start up and it
just sits there quietly in the systray. But if I download and install
an application, say, then it springs into life and warns me of changes
to the registry. Also when I delete any software, it will warn me of
registry changes.

Seems to me that it is doing exactly what I expected it to do: ie give
warning of registry changes and allow me the choice to continue/abort.

No mystery.

Ed

 

[Bob Adkins]

In Spybot 1.3, I enabled TeaTimer. It installed a key in registry,
(WinPatrol) and now resides in my System Tray (W98SE).

It's only option is to run Spybot. I looked in the helpfile and there is
no mention of TeaTimer.

What is the function of TeaTimer- what good does it do?

It's only function is to drive you crazy.

Bob

Remove "kins" to reply by e-mail.

 

[ms]

Not sure what the problem is here. I run TeaTimer at start up and it
just sits there quietly in the systray. But if I download and install
an application, say, then it springs into life and warns me of changes
to the registry. Also when I delete any software, it will warn me of
registry changes.

Seems to me that it is doing exactly what I expected it to do: ie give
warning of registry changes and allow me the choice to continue/abort.

No mystery.

Ed

I would like to know what registry keys it monitors for changes.

Mike Sa

 

[Aaron]

I would like to know what registry keys it monitors for changes.

There you go.Good comparisons of various software that monitor the
registry. Eg Mike Lin's Startup Monitor ,DiamondCS Registry Prot 2.0 ,
Teatimer, system safety monitor etc.

Personally I would go for teatimer (more for it's ability to recognise and
block bad processes rather than it's registry monitoring capabilities) and
system safety monitor, which allows you to define which registry keys and
files to monitor.









http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32823

Mike Sa

Aaron (my email is not munged!)

 

[ms]

There you go.Good comparisons of various software that monitor the
registry. Eg Mike Lin's Startup Monitor ,DiamondCS Registry Prot 2.0 ,
Teatimer, system safety monitor etc.

Personally I would go for teatimer (more for it's ability to recognise and
block bad processes rather than it's registry monitoring capabilities) and
system safety monitor, which allows you to define which registry keys and
files to monitor.

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=32823


Aaron (my email is not munged!)

Aaron, do you know a link where they are compared?

BTW, any chance that Windboard can be an executable no-install zip file?

Mike Sa

 

[Aaron]

Aaron, do you know a link where they are compared?

What is they?

BTW, any chance that Windboard can be an executable no-install zip
file?

Winboard?

I believe you could just grab the winboard.exe file and it will run.
You might also need timeseal.exe/timestamp.exe for online play. The other
stuff are just readme files, the gnuchess engine and a pgn file.

Mike Sa

Aaron (my email is not munged!)

 

[ms]

What is they?

Teatimer, Regprot, Winpatrol and Startup Monitor- IIRC, they do a
similar job, but possibly monitor different registry areas.

Winboard?

I believe you could just grab the winboard.exe file and it will run.
You might also need timeseal.exe/timestamp.exe for online play. The other
stuff are just readme files, the gnuchess engine and a pgn file.

I am downloading now. Do you have an opinion on the old (OT) Chessmaster
1000 and 2000 for just basic chess on my computer?

And last, is there a URL that compares the more basic free chess
programs for home computer use? I've seen a comparison of the fancier
engines for expert chess use, not for the average user.

Thanks,

Mike Sa

 

[bassbag]

What problems did you have with regprot?

For me, it has been running for several years and seems to work fine,
but IIRC only notifies on certain registry keys.

Mike Sa

When running index .dat suite on my 98se machine and generating the .bat
file (which puts an entry into one of the run keys) ,it would say it was
entered into the registry when in fact it wasnt.This only happened with
regprot running.When not running it entered fine.Since ive set spybots
teatimer to monitor the run keys i have no problems and whenever the batch
file is added to the registry run key ,teatimer will popup and show the
entry being added.It was a case of it may work /it may not work with
regprot.
me