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What does Tea Timer do?

Why you should leave this part of Spybot Search & Destroy running in the Task Manager

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Q A program called Tea Timer in Task Manager is using a lot of memory. I have no idea what it is, or whether it is dangerous. It seems to be present at all times and top of the Processes league table.
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A This program is an essential part of the anti-spyware software Spybot Search and Destroy. It monitors other programs running on the computer to check for malicious software. You should leave this software to keep your computer safe. There is more information at the Safer Networking website.

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