WTF IS THIS? Virus?

[Capn Sunshine]

My wifes laptop, Dell Inspiron 8100. Windows 2000 pro and IE 6. Its making this sound which I can only describe as like a Sparkletts Cooler, bubbling with reverb. There seems to be performance issues with the browser (long page downloads, page not available) Wife says it's been like this "for a while" So far, ran the Smitfraud suite . Nada. Malwarebytes, nothing.

Anyone heard of this?

[DainBramaged]

1. Hmmmm I have a suggestion

I have been testing Microsoft Security Suite, and it's free, and it WORKS well, and is compatible with Malwarebytes and AVG (so far). Try installing it and scanning, in my tests, It found THREE trojans I had planted that Norton and AVG DIDN'T find, and found one that The Cleaner didn't find. XofspySE found all three also, but costs $29 a year.


http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

[Capn Sunshine]

2. no can do

my OS (Windows 2000 pro) isn't supported from what I see

[DainBramaged]

3. Hmmmm I have a suggestion

http://majorgeeks.com/Ad-Aware__d5947.html

Works with Win 2000. was the state of the art for years, give it a try........

[Capn Sunshine]

4. I found a scanner at MSFT that might work

couple of pages in, there's a scanner that might work.....film at eleven

[DainBramaged]

5. This one too and it's free....

http://www.evonsoft.com/

[Capn Sunshine]

6. scanner had to close

error..I think it might be a ram issue but that's next on the agenda
I'm trying your suggestions now thanks :hi:

[Capn Sunshine]

7. Registry Mechanic?

will that get a virus? Really?

[DainBramaged]

8. Registry mechanic never seemed to work well in my tests.

[Capn Sunshine]

9. Thanks for your suggestions.

I appreciate having you and the others as a resource I can trust.
I'm scanning now

[Capn Sunshine]

10. no luck

damn, this is annoying. I'm goingf to try Kapersky

[DainBramaged]

11. Did a sound driver get corrupted?

[Capn Sunshine]

12. what would that be like?

never had that as an issue....
btw Kapersky is running right now

[Capn Sunshine]

13. tablas

ever hear that asian percussion instrument? Prominent with sitars. Sounds like that. The high ones.

[canetoad]

14. Is this happening in the background all the time

or only when a sound is played?

[Capn Sunshine]

15. It's random

not present with other sounds.

[Capn Sunshine]

16. It's rather like a water cooler

know how every so often they bubble? Like that, and very similar in sound except for the reverb/echo.

[DainBramaged]

17. JUST got home, I'm stumped now my friend this is a new one on me...

:argh:

[Capn Sunshine]

18. I think I figured it out!

I have Boingo wireless on this rig, and it has a check box on it "play connect and disconnect sounds" It's coincident with the wireless signal!
Never seen that before, but it's definitely it. I'm in the MBR which is pretty far from the router; it's the opposite end of the house from our offices and stuff. We Never use the puter in the Master, but I have been because I'm laid up.

Damn, that was strange.