IE/Google start page war?

[damascus]

I have the Google toolbar installed and of course I set Google as the default for everything. One day I started receiving warnings from SpyBot that my First Start Page had been changed back to the Microsoft one...I clicked deny change and "remember this descision"...and immediately I had a start page war on my hands:

(from most recent log)

4/11/2007 3:10:03 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:05 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:06 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:07 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:08 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:09 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:10 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:11 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!
4/11/2007 3:10:12 PM Denied (based on user blacklist) value "Search Page" (new data: "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch") changed in Browser page!

It's impossible to right click on the SpyBot icon and select anything from the menu before the next notification causes the menu to disappear.

I solved the problem the first time by uninstalling/reinstalling SpyBot. This latest time I was able to solve the problem by killing teatimer.exe from task manager so I could right click on SpyBot and edit the blacklist.

And now that I have mostly switched over to FireFox I can edit my Google toolbar settings to allow IE to do what it wants...that solves my problem, but...

This is an issue that needs to be addressed in a future version of SpyBot. I had an endless loop on my hands that prevented me from easily accessing any of SpyBot's settings. Surely this has happened to other people, but I was not easily able to find a solution online...I had to work most of it out for myself.

[Zenobia]

I found this to work for me:
Open Spybot,then click Mode up top,then select Advanced Mode,say yes to the prompt.Then,over to the left select Tools,then Resident.Remove the checkmark from beside Resident "Teatimer",that should shutdown Teatimer.Wait for a minute or two,then reboot and once logged back into Windows,go back into Spybot->Tools->Resident and recheck Resident once again.Teatimer should pop back up in the notification area,without the flashing boxes,so then you can rightclick to edit your Black & White list.

[Snowdude]

This is an issue that needs to be addressed in a future version of SpyBot. I had an endless loop on my hands that prevented me from easily accessing any of SpyBot's settings. Surely this has happened to other people, but I was not easily able to find a solution online...I had to work most of it out for myself.

I have to agree with damascus on this. The endless loop is a real pain. Hopefully it can be corrected in a future version of TeaTimer.exe.