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I know how a firewall is working, Mr. WiseGuy :eek:

I can only tell what I have experienced - Spybot was not starting and TeaTimer was not working when I installed Zonealarm before Spybot.
After...

Are you running any firewall that prevents Spybot from starting?
It wouldn't start at my PC with ZoneAlarm - I had to de-install both and re-install Spybot first and then ZoneAlarm...

I again deinstalled Spybot and ZoneAlarm.
After reinstalling Spybot and starting TeaTimer - I installed again ZoneAlarm (with TeaTimer running).

Now Teatimer starts even after re-boot. --> It...

1.) I am using Avira and ZoneAlarm.
After deinstalling ZoneAlarm and reinstalling it with Spybot already installed the problem with starting Spybot is gone.

2.) I have been completely switching...

In safe mode I can start Spybot without any problems.

Computer is a new laptop - I have it since exactly one week, i.e. no problems since.

I checked in WindowsDefender's History --> there are no entries (especially not about Spybot).
I still suffer from the same issue...:sad:

SB still does not start (even as admin...) and Tea Timer...

I have always been using Spybot on all my computers - but now I have an issue with Vista.
I am logged in as admin.
I start installation as admin (right click) - everything runs fine.
Spybot...