Uninstalled Spybot Search and Destroy

[Muse]

One of my brother's computer's was having problems so I helped him resolve the problem. In doing so I walked him through installation of Spybot Search and Destroy. This was a month ago or so. In helping him I gave him step by step instructions over the phone and installed S&D simultaneously on this laptop so I'd know what he was seeing. He subsequently removed S&D from his system because it was giving him problems. I was getting confusing messages from S&D when installing programs (asking me if I want to allow or deny a registry change, etc.), so I uninstalled S&D from this laptop, and it's not there in Add/Remove Programs. However, I just got another S&D message asking me if it's OK to make a registry change. What's up with this and how do I get this ah heck off my system? Seems ironic that I need a search and destroy plan to get rid of S&D!

 

[alexstreff]

I think the tea timer is separate from spybot. Look for a program called teatimer.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: alexstreff
I think the tea timer is separate from spybot. Look for a program called teatimer.

TeaTimer should uninstall when SpyBot is uninstalled. Maybe try reinstalling, then uninstalling and see if that works. TeaTimer can be irritating, but it serves a useful purpose. If you get the popups when you're installing a trusted package, you can hit yes to allow the registry change. If you don't trust the package(why are you installing?), or if it pops up randomly you should hit no. It can help prevent browser hijacks, and rogue startup programs. Worth the little bit of hassle imo.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: alexstreff
I think the tea timer is separate from spybot. Look for a program called teatimer.

TeaTimer should uninstall when SpyBot is uninstalled. Maybe try reinstalling, then uninstalling and see if that works. TeaTimer can be irritating, but it serves a useful purpose. If you get the popups when you're installing a trusted package, you can hit yes to allow the registry change. If you don't trust the package(why are you installing?), or if it pops up randomly you should hit no. It can help prevent browser hijacks, and rogue startup programs. Worth the little bit of hassle imo.

Ah, OK. Maybe I'll just let it do its thing.

There's no Teatimer in Add/Remove programs, nor S&D. But there remains the S&D install directory and there are 4 files, 3 DLLs and Teatimer.exe. I assume that there are settings written to the registry and maybe a service installed that's creating the popups so I'm hesitant to delete the S&D directory. Could change it's name or tuck it somewhere but maybe I'll just live with the occasional popups. Of course, I might not be able to delete/rename/move if the files are being used by a running process. Maybe I should leave it be. You are suggesting evidently that the inconvenience is outweighed by the protection provided.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Muse


Ah, OK. Maybe I'll just let it do its thing.

There's no Teatimer in Add/Remove programs, nor S&D. But there remains the S&D install directory and there are 4 files, 3 DLLs and Teatimer.exe. I assume that there are settings written to the registry and maybe a service installed that's creating the popups so I'm hesitant to delete the S&D directory. Could change it's name or tuck it somewhere but maybe I'll just live with the occasional popups. Of course, I might not be able to delete/rename/move if the files are being used by a running process. Maybe I should leave it be. You are suggesting evidently that the inconvenience is outweighed by the protection provided.

If you want to get rid of it, I'd try the reinstall/uninstall routine. If you just delete the files(which is ok), you should also edit your startup and registry to get rid of the entries. I don't know why it didn't remove that stuff when you uninstalled. I guess something got squirrely with the uninstall routine.

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To fix screwed up quote :^D