Is anyone surprised that T-timer is actually doing its job?

There may be other ways to slice the baloney but for now
you want resident protection- you get protection

you want to clean up afterward then turn it off
ps
other Antispyware programs with resident protection take even longer

you could also run Win Patrol (or similar) which would monitor and tell you something has already infected your system and maybe able to reverse the action
does not have the "lag"

(I run Win Patrol ALSO, IN ADDITION TO A real time Anti Spyware protector)

you could also run System Safety Monitor, a virtual machine, Process Guard or similar

All trade offs and all approaches open to discussion