Is it dangerous to disable "TeapotTimer in Spybot?

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A relative lives where they have only 'dialup' available for internet
service. I've recommended, and we installed, AVG Free, Spybot, and Adaware
for protection. When she runs and dials-up to get online, her computer
takes forever and Task Manager shows Spybot's 'TeaTimer' to be the cpu-hog.
I don't recall what Intel cpu but a Gateway laptop, ~1.6ghz non-dual core; I
just upped it from 512 to 2gb ram which showed very noticeable browsing
speed increase. It now performs plenty fast and flawlessly on my Bellsouth
hi-speed internet access.
Does she forego protections and cleansing actions if we disable
'TeaTimer'? What specifically? Any workarounds? Disabling it *really*
speeds up her access time.
Thanks. sdlomi2
 
sdlomi2 said:
A relative lives where they have only 'dialup' available for internet
service. I've recommended, and we installed, AVG Free, Spybot, and
Adaware for protection. When she runs and dials-up to get online, her
computer takes forever and Task Manager shows Spybot's 'TeaTimer' to be
the cpu-hog. I don't recall what Intel cpu but a Gateway laptop, ~1.6ghz
non-dual core; I just upped it from 512 to 2gb ram which showed very
noticeable browsing speed increase. It now performs plenty fast and
flawlessly on my Bellsouth hi-speed internet access.
Does she forego protections and cleansing actions if we disable
'TeaTimer'? What specifically? Any workarounds? Disabling it *really*
speeds up her access time.
Thanks. sdlomi2
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Teatimer sends alerts when a registry value is changed. It is supposed to
learn from user actions which programs may change the registry with
permission from the user.
If teatimer is slowing down the startup, I would wonder what is making so
many changes. I would try to determine which program is doing this, and I
would like to know whether the program is malware or not. It never slowed
startup very much on my computers.
Jim
 
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