I got a gremlin!!!!

Is it coming from inside or outside of the house?

If it's from outside, then maybe it someone yelling for their child or pet.

Frank
Sounds coming from where?

You serious Frank? And this is a computer problem?

<just trying to make sure>

Just a wag. Could it be a pop up ad where the video is blocked but the audio comes through? I have no idea as to the plausibility of this.

If you hear the words your time is up. I think it's time to start worrying>

a valid agnostic would record and then analyze the sounds and not open up the issue to speculation on a forum internet site.

Ohhh, You're hearing voices coming from your computer. It all makes sense now. Don't worry Frank, you're just losing your mind, LOL.

Just kidding Frank. I don't know what to tell ya since I've never heard anyone yelling through my computer.

I'll be glad to offer some help with this mystery, once I get more info about it.

Frank, you're not nuts, I got that too. I even remember the thread... but then it happened on other topics. The voice said, hello, this is Tina.. and within a minute or so my computer froze. It happened about three times, and I rebooted each time.

Then, for no good reason except personal voodoo, I cleared up my cookie cache, and ran a virus check (none).

Haven't run into it since (that was two days ago), but damn, it was weird. It did cross my mind that my cursor might have hit some ad, but I think probably not.

Frank, turn the alarm switch on your clock radio to 'OFF'.

Osso said...



(guess we know where Osso has been hanging around)

Just looked this over.

Damn -- I did forget to mention the sounds and voices were coming from the computer speakers...but that is where the problem is.

It is the most annoying problem I've ever had to deal with.

Most of the time I just keep the sound way down in the evenings -- so that it can bearly be heard. (The sounds never come in the day for some reason -- just after 5)

By the way -- Nancy gets the same problem when she is on-line -- so I am not being delusional.

After posting this last night -- I decided to pay close attention whenever it happened. The name being called is "Ralphie."

This is not a joke.

I have a complete virus scan done every week.

Osso -- glad someone else has had a similar problem. There is NO freeze up associated with the sounds.


If anyone can come up with anything, I'd sure as heck appreciate it.

I had been getting "Tina" for the last few days. First time it happened, I nearly jumped out of my skin. I checked, and found that (in small print) it said something about the ad starting when the cursor was run over it. Ralphie may be comething similar, so watch where you put your mouse!

Try searching sound files, e.g., with the extension ".wav" on your computer.

My stepdad was a cb radio junkie. I used to joke with him that I can see his antennae from five miles outside of town, he had one of those moon scraper tower rigs hooked up to a zillion watt transciever. His 'joie de la vie' was to talk to someone in Florida on the cb, no small feat from Ohio.

I would be in my room reading, the lights would flicker and sandy's ( my dog) hair would stand on end like she had an afro ...... this meant daddy Paul was home and he had fired up 'the power booster on his cb.(more power ---- more range). Five minutes later the phone would start ringing and mom's voice would shout 'PAUL .... PAUL ... BILL (a neighbor) SAYS HE'S GONNA CALL THE COPS!!
All the extra power being pushed through Paul's cb caused a 'bleed through' of his transmission into any device designed to recieve a signal ..... like Bill's television.
I suspect that may be your problem also. All you can do is call the local authority and complain ...... it could be Art Carney trying to contact Jackie Gleason.

Or ......................... "Welcome, art lovers. We offer for your approval a still life, if you will, of noise - a soundless canvas suggestive of sound. The mouth belongs to Pamela. In life, a shrieking battle-ax made up of adenoids, tonsils, and sound decibels. In death, an unmuted practitioner of fishwifery, undeterred and ungagged by what one would assume to be the Great Silencer. Some ghosts come back to haunt; others come back simply to pick up where they left off. Our painting is called Pamela's Voice, and this is the Night Gallery."






Be afraid ..... be very afraid Frank
MUWAHAHAHAHAHAA

Frank, you might try running Spybot and see if that removes this particular computer demon. If not, run HijackThis while you're hearing the sounds ...click 'scan', then 'save log', then copy & paste the info here. What will be of primary interest is the portion which lists currently running processes.

Phoenix said...



We're happy for you.

heh!

I kinda figured you'd bring that bit out.


Frank, do the sounds continue if you close all programs you have running, including IE windows?

Several days ago I ran across an audio ad ( I think it was on A2K) by accident when I hit it with my curser. I solved that problem by turning the speakers off. Internet ads should be seen not heard.