TeaTimer Useful?

[Deleted]

Windows 7, using Mozilla Firefox.

I just installed Spybot-S&D. I'm looking for advise about TeaTimer.

If you have information as to whether or not it's useful for real time protection?
Does it create a "stall" in using a browser?
Will it slow down the computer?

I read the Faq's in Spybot-S&D and of course my kind of questions are not there

After running a scan, six items were found, I eliminated them, now I do not see a "log file?"

Thank you.

[Wingman]

TeaTimer can be useful but when I used it years ago, it cause my browser to slow to a crawl.
I don't use it, I use IE with SmartScreen Filter turned on.

Old topic on how TeaTimer works: answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070623143716AAtnqLz
Spybot VS MBAM: www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/505050/spybot-s-d-teatimer-vs-malwarebytes/

[Deleted]

:cheers: You're the best!  Thank you.

[Wingman]

I don't know about all that but I try.

[quietman7]

mvps.org is no longer recommending Spybot S&D (or Ad-Aware) due to poor testing results. See here - (scroll down and read under Freeware Antispyware Products). Further, most people don't understand how to use Spybot's TeaTimer and that feature can cause more problems than it's worth. TeaTimer monitors changes to certain critical keys in Windows registry but does not indicate if the change is normal or a modification made by a malware infection. The user must have an understanding of the registry and how TeaTimer works in order to make informed decisions to allow or deny the detected changes. If you don't have understanding how a particular security tool works, then you probably should not be using it. Additionally, TeaTimer may conflict with other security tools which do a much better job of protecting your computer and in some cases it will even prevent disinfection of malware by those tools.

Spybot S&D FAQ: What is TeaTimer
TeaTimer FAQs

To be fair, there are now new versions of Spybot such as Spybot 2 + AV (Home & Pro) and Spybot 2 Free but I have not used them, nor read any reviews as to how well they perform.