From: vizslaman on 13 Dec 2009 09:47 At random times, my computer plays an "Explosion" sound. I cannot identify a specific activity which triggers it. It even happens at night. I am running XP Pro 2002 Ser pack 3 upgraded from Media Center which was on my computer when purchased. It is a Dell Dimension E521. It is driving me crazy and causes my wife to almost jump out of her skin if the speaker volume happens to be up too high when it happens. How do I find it, and how do I stop it? Help! -- John 3:16
From: Elmo on 13 Dec 2009 10:23 vizslaman wrote: > At random times, my computer plays an "Explosion" sound. I cannot identify a > specific activity which triggers it. It even happens at night. I am running > XP Pro Sp 3 upgraded from Media Center which was on my computer > when purchased. It is a Dell Dimension E521. It is driving me crazy and > causes my wife to almost jump out of her skin if the speaker volume happens > to be up too high when it happens. How do I find it, and how do I stop it? > Help! Here are a few things I would try: - Open Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Sounds tab, and test each event for the sound. If found, change the sound, or set to "None". - Do a search of the hard drives for *.wav Once you've completed the search, play each sound with a double-click till you find the offending sound. What folder is it contained in? That might help identify the program responsible for the sound. - Download, install, update and run these: Malwarebytes© Corporation http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe SuperAntispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html -- Joe =o)
From: Neil Harrington on 13 Dec 2009 18:34 I have the same thing on one of my WinXP Home SP3 computers, sounds like EXACTLY the same thing from your description, and I have no idea why either -- other than the likelihood that it's some kind of malware that got on that computer somehow. But scanning the whole system with McAfee Security software doesn't find anything. There didn't seem to be any pattern, any rhyme or reason to when or under what circumstances the "explosion" sound would occur. It doesn't bother me because I don't use that computer anymore -- it was getting a bit old anyway so I've set it aside and will rebuild it from scratch with a new motherboard, etc., when I get around to it. But I'll be very interested to know if you discover what the cause is and/or what has to be done to fix it, since if it happened to one of my machines, and yours, it seems like something that may very well happen again. So I'll be following this subject here. "vizslaman" <vizslaman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1D044BA9-EE3A-4C72-A29E-BFDE0814D2FE(a)microsoft.com... > At random times, my computer plays an "Explosion" sound. I cannot identify > a > specific activity which triggers it. It even happens at night. I am > running > XP Pro 2002 Ser pack 3 upgraded from Media Center which was on my computer > when purchased. It is a Dell Dimension E521. It is driving me crazy and > causes my wife to almost jump out of her skin if the speaker volume > happens > to be up too high when it happens. How do I find it, and how do I stop it? > Help! > -- > John 3:16
From: Elmo on 13 Dec 2009 22:21 vizslaman wrote: > At random times, my computer plays an "Explosion" sound. I cannot identify a > specific activity which triggers it. It even happens at night. I am running > XP Pro 2002 SP 3 upgraded from Media Center which was on my computer > when purchased. It is a Dell Dimension E521. It is driving me crazy and > causes my wife to almost jump out of her skin if the speaker volume happens > to be up too high when it happens. How do I find it, and how do I stop it? > Help! Do you have AIM, MSN Messenger, iChat, or other messaging? If so, maybe one of those sounds is an explosion.. 12 common sound extensions to look for on your hard drive: http://www.fileinfo.net/filetypes/audio -- Joe =o)
From: Paul on 13 Dec 2009 23:18 Neil Harrington wrote: > I have the same thing on one of my WinXP Home SP3 computers, sounds like > EXACTLY the same thing from your description, and I have no idea why > either -- other than the likelihood that it's some kind of malware that got > on that computer somehow. But scanning the whole system with McAfee Security > software doesn't find anything. There didn't seem to be any pattern, any > rhyme or reason to when or under what circumstances the "explosion" sound > would occur. > > It doesn't bother me because I don't use that computer anymore -- it was > getting a bit old anyway so I've set it aside and will rebuild it from > scratch with a new motherboard, etc., when I get around to it. But I'll be > very interested to know if you discover what the cause is and/or what has to > be done to fix it, since if it happened to one of my machines, and yours, it > seems like something that may very well happen again. So I'll be following > this subject here. Maybe the explosion is a "gunshot" ? An AV application just quarantined some malware ? This is what I heard while using Kaspersky. The Squealing Pig sound. And nothing in the documentation to state it was coming from Kaspersky and not from malware. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23285922-Sophos-Windows-7-vulnerable-to-8-out-of-10-viruses~start=20 "I vote for the old Kasperksy Squealing Pig sound for anytime you turn off UAC. That damn thing woke me up at 4 am many times when my PC was set to perform a system scan and I forgot to turn off my speakers. Nothing like an angry squealing pig to wake you up at 4 am." I'd compare what AV software is present on the two machines with the gunshot/explosion sound. I vote for an AV making the sound, rather than malware. Paul > "vizslaman" <vizslaman(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:1D044BA9-EE3A-4C72-A29E-BFDE0814D2FE(a)microsoft.com... >> At random times, my computer plays an "Explosion" sound. I cannot identify >> a >> specific activity which triggers it. It even happens at night. I am >> running >> XP Pro 2002 Ser pack 3 upgraded from Media Center which was on my computer >> when purchased. It is a Dell Dimension E521. It is driving me crazy and >> causes my wife to almost jump out of her skin if the speaker volume >> happens >> to be up too high when it happens. How do I find it, and how do I stop it? >> Help! >> -- >> John 3:16 > >
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