Suspicious pop-ups, can't finish scan

[sbprob]

A popup is preventing Spybot from completing scans. Near the end of a scan, I get this pop-up message :
" Spybot - Search & Destroy | Spybot Search & Destroy has detected an important registry entry that has been changed. Category: ActiveX Distribution Unit | Change: Value deleted | Entry: Win32 Classes | [grayed & unselectable : "Old data" and "New data" ] Checkbox : Remember this decisi[cut off by ?-button]"
Note : It doesn't tell me what decision I can make.
When I close the popup, a second message pops up :
2: "Resident | [current time, e.g. 14:30] Registry change denied | Resident denied the change of Win32 Classes [Category ActiveX Distribution Unit]."
When I close this second pop-up, I get the first one again, and the process repeats.
The scan is at the end, but the pop-ups prevent Spybot from telling me that the scan is complete. Can anyone suggest anything? Thanks.

[md usa spybot fan]

It sounds as if you are describing a bug that exists in TeaTimer not Spybot-S&D itself.

Are you running TeaTimer? If so:

There is currently a bug in TeaTimer 1.4. Portions of TeaTimer's popup dialog overlay the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons. On my system the very top edges of the "Allow change" button (on the left) and "Deny change" button (on the right) are showing and I am still able to select the options. I also can check "Remember this decision" since it is visible. If no portion of the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons are showing, you can answer TeaTimer's popup dialog (English language version) by pressing "A" on your keyboard for "Allow change" or "D" for "Deny change". Note: If you close the dialog without answering "Allow change" or "Deny change" the registry change is denied.

If you can't deal with the problem that way until it is fixed, you can:

1. Apply one of the workarounds found in the following pinned (Sticky) thread that fixes the pop-up dialog so the buttons are visible:
   
   • Solution to fix the pop-ups in TeaTimer
     http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=122
   
   
   There are three (3) fixes published in that thread. They are:
   
   
   
   1. The ResHacker fix published by ElPiedra here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...23&postcount=1
   2. The murdo patch published here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...75&postcount=9
      
      Also republished by RuggeR29 (which I have never tried) here:
      
      • http://www.fureyonline.com/downloads/patch.zip
   3. The patch originally by SyreneD that I published here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...0&postcount=38
      
      Also republished by SyreneD himself here:
      
      • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...&postcount=125
   
   
   
2. Disable TeaTimer as follows:
   • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Resident.
   • Uncheck the following:
     • Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) Active.
   
   
   
3. There is also a beta test version of TeaTimer available that overcomes this problem. To download the ßTeaTimer 1.5:
   
   • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Settings.
   • Page down the option tree until you see a section titled "Web update" (just past half way down).
   • In the "Web update" section check the following option:
     
     • Display available beta versions.
   • Click Spybot-S&D (left pane).
   • Click Search for Updates (right pane).
   • When the list of available updates appears, check the following item:
     
     • ßTeaTimer 1.5 - !Resident protection update (1 MB) - 2007-02-14
   • Click Download Updates.

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Notes about the patches (b. and c. above):

• If you installed Spybot in the default location:
  
  • C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
  
  The following patch (c.) defaults to that location:
  
  • The patch originally by SyreneD that I published here:
    
    • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...0&postcount=38
    
    Also republished by SyreneD himself here:
    
    • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...&postcount=125
• If you use the following patch (b.) you have to navigate to the correct location (See Note #1) unless you execute the patch from within the "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy" folder:
  
  • The murdo patch published here:
    
    • http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...75&postcount=9
    
    Also republished by RuggeR29 (which I have never tried) here:
    
    • http://www.fureyonline.com/downloads/patch.zip
    
    
    Note# 1: To the right of the Target File (TeaTimer.exe) there is a button that looks like "[ . . . ]". Click on that button, navigate to the correct folder, click "Open" and then "Start".