!!!TeaTimer takes more than 80 MB of RAM!!!

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hnyaji

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Hi
TeaTimer takes more than 80 MB of RAM on my system, on both Vista (32) and XP (64)! I tried reinstalling with the new version, but no joy! Is this program, really supposed to take, this much of RAM?
Hemanth
 
Hi Hemanth,

I use Windows XP. TeaTimer needs at the moment 79MB here... ;)
 
Hi
This is damn tooooooooooo much for an anti-spyware application! I installed SuperAntispyware Pro now which takes just around 700 KB!
wishes
 
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Hi Hemanth,

It is much, yes... :sad: Spybot 2.0 will take less RAM. :)
 
spybot 2.0...

is not available yet. So we cannot offer a link to it. It is a upcoming version.

If teatimer is being too heavy on your resources, you can always disable it. Please note; however, that you will loose the protection teatimer offers.

To disable teatimer:

Open Spybot>click mode-Advanced Mode-Click yes>Click tools on the bottom left pane.>Click Resident> Then uncheck teatimer, protection over all systems active. Close spybot and restart. Teatimer is no longer active.
 
Hi
if I shut teatimer down would my system be still immunised?
What is the point in keeping an antispyware application that is this much memory hungryyyy!!!
 
Hi hnyaji,

hnyaji said:
if I shut teatimer down would my system be still immunised?
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If you shut TeaTimer, your browsers (IE & FF) are still immunised, but your registry won't be protected any longer against changes.


hnyaji said:
What is the point in keeping an antispyware application that is this much memory hungryyyy!!!
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  • friendly forum helper :)
  • Spybot is a very good Anti-Malware tool
  • You can dis-able TeaTimer if you have SuperAntiSpyware Professional Edition and think that this tool will protect you.
 
Well, if one Resident Shield from an anti-spyware program consumed this much amount of memory, and then there was a rule that all other anti-spyware Resident Shields had to restrict their Resident Shield's memory usage to that amount, it wouldn't be very fun would it since it might mean a drastic reduction in program functionality and potential.

I'm sure 80MB shouldn't be a problem since you have Windows Vista, which usually provides you with at least 1-4 GBs of RAM. I have 512MB of RAM on Windows XP and TeaTimer runs with no problems. Don't see how it may be a problem with Vista.
 
The Tea-Timer RAM usage

The Tea-Timer RAM usage on my computer is way above the values the other have reported here..
It is freaking 113 MB and I only have 1 GB RAM, the firefox eats one third of that already!
 
Hello,

When the computer is running for a long time without a standby, reboot, or shutdown memory consumption of a (refers to any) can slightly increase.

It's taking that much because TeaTimer is a Resident Shield that actively protects you from malware. I would suggest you reboot and see how it goes. Usually TeaTimer will take up 35-50MB of RAM. Seeing that modern PCs built today have more RAM and resources, 80MB should be nothing.

If this does not help you can disable TeaTimer as follows:
- Go into Spybot - Mode - Advanced Mode - Tools - Resident.
- Uncheck the following: Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) Active.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
 
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