Spybot-SD Resident (TeaTimer) Automatic Updates

[Freakish]

Is it possible to set TeaTimer to automatically download updates? This way, the malware protection will always be up to date without user intervention.

My first post in the forums, btw. :)

[md usa spybot fan]

If there are any updates to TeaTimer, they are released with the updates to Spybot itself (currently weekly and normally on Wednesday).

To schedule Spybot to run, go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Scheduler > if the Edit button is grayed out click Add > click the Edit button. You should now be in the Spybot- Search and Destroy – Scheduled Task dialog. In the Task tab look at the "Run:" line of the dialog. You can add/change the "command line parameters" the end of the "Run:" line.

By adding the following, Spybot should start, update and close:
"C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe" /autoupdate /autoclose /taskbarhide
Spybot uses the OS scheduler. In Windows XP the user account that adds the Schedule Tasks entry must have a password. See:
Scheduled Tasks cannot run with a blank password
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310715
There is workaround for the password requirement in Windows XP that 100mill (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=2965) was considerate enough to share with us. See the following thread:
Scheduling a Spybot scan under Windows XP
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1828
For additional information on scheduling parameters that can be used, see the following:
Are there any command line parameters?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/30.html

[PepiMK]

Actually, since 1.5, you can also just schedule SDUpdate.exe instead of SpybotSD.exe. SDUpdate.exe uses less system resources due to being responsible for just this one thing ;)

[md usa spybot fan]

PepiMK:

Thanks for the memory jogger, I had forgotten.

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Freakish:

In other words, if you are running Spybot 1.5, you could update by scheduling with the following "Run:" line:
"C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDUpdate.exe" /autoupdate /autoclose

[Freakish]

Actually, since 1.5, you can also just schedule SDUpdate.exe instead of SpybotSD.exe. SDUpdate.exe uses less system resources due to being responsible for just this one thing ;)

How should I set Spybot to autoupdate and then autoclose itself as fast as possible?

Should this appear in the run box of scheduled tasks:
"C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe" "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe" /minimized /autoupdate /autoclose

or this one?
"C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDUpdate.exe" "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDUpdate" /minimized /autoupdate /autoclose

What I want to do is to run the update weekly, Spybot will automatically download the updates, and automatically close itself while minimized (to alert me that there is an update going on.)

[BillGio]

"C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDUpdate.exe"
"C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDUpdate" /minimized /autoupdate /autoclose

What I want to do is to run the update weekly, Spybot will automatically download the updates, and automatically close itself while minimized (to alert me that there is an update going on.)

Does that work? Does SDUpdate.exe accept command line switches? (I can't test it right now because I'm up-to-date)

[BillGio]

Does that work? Does SDUpdate.exe accept command line switches? (I can't test it right now because I'm up-to-date)

Well, I tested it - looks like it does work!