• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: No
• Application Process:No
• Common Path:
  C:\ Program Files\ Spybot Search and Destroy\ teatimer.exe
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

Maintaining system stability and security is the main function of the file teatimer.exe. It is included in the Spybot Search and Destroy application from Safer Networking Limited. The application is a tool that detects and removes spyware. The Spybot Search and Destroy program also cleans usage tracks and allows professional users to fix registry irregularities and analyze extended reports.

The process teatimer.exe provides the Resident TeaTimer function of the Spybot Search and Destroy program. It continuously monitors the processes that are called and initiated. The basic function of the teatimer.exe process is to detect known malicious processes and programs wanting to start and then to automatically terminate them and give you some options on how to deal with them in the future.

The teatimer.exe file can be set to be informed when the malicious process tries to start again. It can be also be configured to either automatically kill the process or allow it to run. There is an available option to delete the file associated with the process. As an additional feature, the file teatimer.exe can also detect when some process or program wants to alter critical registry keys. It can even protect you against such changes by giving you the option to either allow or deny the change.

The teatimer.exe file will provide you with a system tray icon for the Resident TeaTimer application although the program Spybot Search and Destroy is available through the Programs section from the Start menu. The file has a known file size of 1,415,824 bytes in the Windows XP platform. However, the teatimer.exe file also has several other file sizes depending on the operating system it is going to be installed in.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.