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    Cricket??

    When I start up my computer or occasionally when I am not stroking the key`s or moving the mouse.. anybody else heard it? It would
    be short 2 second exe.
    Last thing I remember, running for the door,
    I had to find the passage back to the place
    I was before.

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    Maybe it's just a real one? have you checked into the themes or even to see if an audio file is in the startup.
    One Script to rule them all.
    One Script to find them.
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    and clean up after itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Niclo Iste View Post
    Maybe it's just a real one? have you checked into the themes or even to see if an audio file is in the startup.
    I have also heard it on my nieces computer which is a Dell mine is a built up I did 8 years ago. She is the one that downloaded movies. I used combo fix to clean hers and mine. I have her movies on my tarabyte drive on desk top. maybe more malware hidden?
    Last thing I remember, running for the door,
    I had to find the passage back to the place
    I was before.

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    Malware isn't that petty. Maybe a joke program, or some goofball virus. I still am leaning in the direction of a theme, even one possibly installed by a game or movie.
    One Script to rule them all.
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    One Script to bring them all,
    and clean up after itself.

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    A joke of someone else using your computer, you should go contropanel to delete.




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    Do you happen to have weatherbug installed? Did a google search and read quite a few articles related to the cricket sound and most turned out to be associated with weatherbug.
    It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zonie View Post
    Do you happen to have weatherbug installed? Did a google search and read quite a few articles related to the cricket sound and most turned out to be associated with weatherbug.
    That is awesome, yes I have weather bug installed. Thank you
    Last thing I remember, running for the door,
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    I was before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xpuser357 View Post
    That is awesome, yes I have weather bug installed. Thank you
    No problem, glad to be of assitance.
    It's not the computers that keep having problems, it's the users!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by xpuser357 View Post
    That is awesome, yes I have weather bug installed. Thank you
    Ah, Weatherbug! Weather Channel claims that Weatherbug is "spyware free" and while it is advertiser supported, it doesn't employ pop-up or pop-under ads.

    That's a tractor trailer load of organic fertilizer! Weatherbug installs MyWebSearch to your computer, and that's a placement for pay search engine. Weatherbug also tries to install the MyWebSearch toolbar. OK, so Weatherbug tries to change your default search engine, installs a useless and misleading toolbar, and only generates inline ads (which may or may not be legit, and may or may not attempt to install malware on your computer) within Weatherbug's desktop app. No worries there, right? I've also seen Weatherbug give the user an additional bonus: HotBar! Yes, yet one more bit of free malware.

    Spybot, MBM, Combofix, and most AV software will delete this stuff. But The Weather Channel continues to claim their product is "spyware free".

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