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Old March 2nd 08, 01:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Pink Sparkle Girl
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some rock
music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my own
music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out. It only
seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some sort
of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!


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Old March 2nd 08, 02:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
David H. Lipman
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

From: "Pink Sparkle Girl"

| About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some rock
| music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my own
| music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out. It only
| seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?
|
| How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some sort
| of weird virus?
|
| I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
| there know something about it.
|
| Thanks!
|

No, it isn't a 'virus' !

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Old March 2nd 08, 02:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Brian A.
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

"Pink Sparkle Girl" wrote in message
...
About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some rock music
started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my own music and there
was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out. It only seems to do it once
but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some sort of weird
virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out there
know something about it.

Thanks!


It may be someone is pulling a prank on you.
Check and make sure no disk is in a drive.
Check Start button Programs Startup folder to see if there's anything in it that
shouldn't be.
Click Start Run, type in: msconfig and press Enter or click Ok.
Click the Startup tab and see if there's anything in there that shouldn't be.

If you aren't sure of what would or shouldn't be in msconfig startup, post the
contents in a response to this thread for us to see.

--


Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


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Old March 2nd 08, 02:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

Pretty funny, whatever it is. I would suspect some form of 'harmonic' There
are filters(capacitors) you can put on the speaker cable to prevent this. I
would imagine you could just 'shield it out' with some grounded wire wrapped
around the speaker cable.
To determine if my guess is right, simply mute the speaker from the
notification icon, and if it does not stop, that's it.
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"Pink Sparkle Girl" wrote in message
...
About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some
rock music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my
own music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out.
It only seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some sort
of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!


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Old March 3rd 08, 01:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
nesredep egrob
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:51:24 -0000, "Pink Sparkle Girl"
wrote:

About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some rock
music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my own
music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out. It only
seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some sort
of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!

Now it had had been a radio or your HiFi, you would have gone for the volume
control and turned it down - if that did not work you would have had more
information for people sush as I who spent working life on electronic repairs.
There is a volume control on your computer - try it

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
  #6  
Old March 3rd 08, 11:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Pink Sparkle Girl
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

Hi Mark, the music stops when I mute the speakers. I wondered if the music
was coming from elsewhere as it is far quieter than everything else, but it
would seem that it is indeed coming from somewhere on my PC!

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote in
message ...
Pretty funny, whatever it is. I would suspect some form of 'harmonic'
There are filters(capacitors) you can put on the speaker cable to prevent
this. I would imagine you could just 'shield it out' with some grounded
wire wrapped around the speaker cable.
To determine if my guess is right, simply mute the speaker from the
notification icon, and if it does not stop, that's it.
--
Was this helpful? Then click the "Yes" Ratings button. Voting helps the
web
interface.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales....htm#RateAPost

Mark L. Ferguson

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"Pink Sparkle Girl" wrote in message
...
About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some
rock music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my
own music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out.
It only seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some
sort of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!




  #7  
Old March 3rd 08, 11:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Pink Sparkle Girl
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

Hi, the point is that my PC is automatically playing a music file which I do
not own and I cannot stop from playing or find out where it is stored.
Simply muting the speakers does not stop the problem.

"nesredep egrob" Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40 wrote in message
...
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:51:24 -0000, "Pink Sparkle Girl"

wrote:

About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some
rock
music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my own
music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out. It
only
seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some sort
of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!

Now it had had been a radio or your HiFi, you would have gone for the
volume
control and turned it down - if that did not work you would have had more
information for people sush as I who spent working life on electronic
repairs.
There is a volume control on your computer - try it

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia



  #8  
Old March 3rd 08, 11:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Pink Sparkle Girl
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

Hi Brian, I'm the only person who uses my PC and I'm pretty sure I didn't
pull a prank on myself! I checked the drives anyway and there isn't anything
in my start-up folder. I ran Norton and Ad-Aware - neither found anything.

I'm still waiting to see if the music starts up again today as My PC has
almost been on 30 mins now!

"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
"Pink Sparkle Girl" wrote in message
...
About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some
rock music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my
own music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out.
It only seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some
sort of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!


It may be someone is pulling a prank on you.
Check and make sure no disk is in a drive.
Check Start button Programs Startup folder to see if there's anything
in it that shouldn't be.
Click Start Run, type in: msconfig and press Enter or click Ok.
Click the Startup tab and see if there's anything in there that shouldn't
be.

If you aren't sure of what would or shouldn't be in msconfig startup,
post the contents in a response to this thread for us to see.

--


Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375




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Old March 3rd 08, 01:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Pink Sparkle Girl
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Default IEXPLORE Playing Music on My PC!

The thing responsible for playing music (and other audio now) is
iexplore.exe. It seems to be connecting on its own and running in the
background. How do I find and delete the culprit?

"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
"Pink Sparkle Girl" wrote in message
...
About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some
rock music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my
own music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out.
It only seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some
sort of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!


It may be someone is pulling a prank on you.
Check and make sure no disk is in a drive.
Check Start button Programs Startup folder to see if there's anything
in it that shouldn't be.
Click Start Run, type in: msconfig and press Enter or click Ok.
Click the Startup tab and see if there's anything in there that shouldn't
be.

If you aren't sure of what would or shouldn't be in msconfig startup,
post the contents in a response to this thread for us to see.

--


Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375




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Old March 3rd 08, 02:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Mark L. Ferguson
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Default IEXPLORE Playing Music on My PC!

See what happens when you run IE with no Add-ons. (see system tools, Modify
normal add ons in tools menu, "Manage add ons")

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..
"Pink Sparkle Girl" wrote in message
...
The thing responsible for playing music (and other audio now) is
iexplore.exe. It seems to be connecting on its own and running in the
background. How do I find and delete the culprit?

"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
"Pink Sparkle Girl" wrote in message
...
About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some
rock music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my
own music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out.
It only seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some
sort of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone
out there know something about it.

Thanks!


It may be someone is pulling a prank on you.
Check and make sure no disk is in a drive.
Check Start button Programs Startup folder to see if there's anything
in it that shouldn't be.
Click Start Run, type in: msconfig and press Enter or click Ok.
Click the Startup tab and see if there's anything in there that shouldn't
be.

If you aren't sure of what would or shouldn't be in msconfig startup,
post the contents in a response to this thread for us to see.

--


Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375





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Old March 4th 08, 03:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Swifty
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

Pink Sparkle Girl wrote:
Simply muting the speakers does not stop the problem.


I think that Process Explorer (which you can download from Microsoft) is
the answer to part of your problem. You can use it in two ways:

1. You can prove that it is iexplore.exe that is playing the music by
locating it in the "Process" list, and suspending it. Once you hit the
right process, suspending it will stop the music. This only proves what
is playing it, but it is conclusive.

2. Once you've found the process (1. Above) you can then use the
process tree to find what started iexplore.exe (hopefully). This might
find the culprit.

--
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Old March 4th 08, 05:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
C
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!


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"Swifty" wrote in message
...
Pink Sparkle Girl wrote:
Simply muting the speakers does not stop the problem.


I think that Process Explorer (which you can download from Microsoft) is
the answer to part of your problem. You can use it in two ways:

1. You can prove that it is iexplore.exe that is playing the music by
locating it in the "Process" list, and suspending it. Once you hit the
right process, suspending it will stop the music. This only proves what is
playing it, but it is conclusive.

2. Once you've found the process (1. Above) you can then use the process
tree to find what started iexplore.exe (hopefully). This might find the
culprit.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk



What do you mean by "process tree"?

C.

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Old March 5th 08, 12:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
nesredep egrob
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:17:03 -0000, "Pink Sparkle Girl"
wrote:

Hi, the point is that my PC is automatically playing a music file which I do
not own and I cannot stop from playing or find out where it is stored.
Simply muting the speakers does not stop the problem.


Not a question about muting the speakers - but simply to turn the VC down - that
would tell me where the sound originates and I might be able to do soomething
for you, muting the speakers will take the music away - but is the volume
control capable of adjusting the level of the music? bearing in mind that the VC
does not mute the speakers - a mute is a single control that is either allowing
sound or not

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

"nesredep egrob" Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40 wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:51:24 -0000, "Pink Sparkle Girl"

wrote:

About 30 minutes after I turned on my PC yesterday and again today some
rock
music started playing quietly out of my speakers. I isn't any of my own
music and there was no way of stopping it so had to let it play out. It
only
seems to do it once but who knows what else may be going on?

How do I delete it and make sure it doesn't do it again? Is this some sort
of weird virus?

I shall run some virus and spyware programmes again but maybe someone out
there know something about it.

Thanks!

Now it had had been a radio or your HiFi, you would have gone for the
volume
control and turned it down - if that did not work you would have had more
information for people sush as I who spent working life on electronic
repairs.
There is a volume control on your computer - try it

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia



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Old March 7th 08, 08:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Swifty
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

C wrote:

-
"Swifty" wrote in message
...
Pink Sparkle Girl wrote:
Simply muting the speakers does not stop the problem.


I think that Process Explorer (which you can download from Microsoft)
is the answer to part of your problem. You can use it in two ways:

1. You can prove that it is iexplore.exe that is playing the music by
locating it in the "Process" list, and suspending it. Once you hit the
right process, suspending it will stop the music. This only proves
what is playing it, but it is conclusive.

2. Once you've found the process (1. Above) you can then use the
process tree to find what started iexplore.exe (hopefully). This might
find the culprit.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk



What do you mean by "process tree"?

C.



--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk
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Old March 7th 08, 08:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Swifty
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Default Mysterious Virus Playing Music on My PC!

C wrote:
What do you mean by "process tree"?


If you click the "Process" column in Process Explorer (which you can
download from Microsoft) you eventually come to a list of the processes
running in your PC. Each process is listed under the one which started,
in what is known as a "Tree display". Using this, you should be able to
find what started the process that is playing your music. That is your
"culprit".

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk
 




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