Something is "phoning home"?
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:10 am
I have been through the "HijackThis" process at the Virtual Dr. forum, a very lengthy process with many scannings using quite a few different scanners, and have had my computer pronounced free of malware.
When I open either FF(3.5) or IE(7) and begin browsing all is well at first. Then the cursor begins to freeze momentarily from time to time and, less often, I will hear a double "boop-boop" sound. The first is on a rising tone and the second on a falling one. Sometimes there is only one pair of tones, sometimes two in rapid succession.
For a while there are long intervals between these behaviors, but the longer I am online the more frequent they become. Time varies, but sometimes they become so frequent that the computer becomes essentially unusable. Other times the interval remains quite long between instances.
The behavior does not stop when I close the browser, but if I leave the computer with all browsers closed, when I return to it and use applications that are not online the system is fine. When I then open a browser there is no problem for a while, sometimes quite a long while, and then the problem starts again.
I upgraded to FF 3.5 today, and the problem seems to be considerably less severe, but it is still doing it to some degree, and it worries me. Does anyone have anything to offer that might clear up this annoying mystery?
When I open either FF(3.5) or IE(7) and begin browsing all is well at first. Then the cursor begins to freeze momentarily from time to time and, less often, I will hear a double "boop-boop" sound. The first is on a rising tone and the second on a falling one. Sometimes there is only one pair of tones, sometimes two in rapid succession.
For a while there are long intervals between these behaviors, but the longer I am online the more frequent they become. Time varies, but sometimes they become so frequent that the computer becomes essentially unusable. Other times the interval remains quite long between instances.
The behavior does not stop when I close the browser, but if I leave the computer with all browsers closed, when I return to it and use applications that are not online the system is fine. When I then open a browser there is no problem for a while, sometimes quite a long while, and then the problem starts again.
I upgraded to FF 3.5 today, and the problem seems to be considerably less severe, but it is still doing it to some degree, and it worries me. Does anyone have anything to offer that might clear up this annoying mystery?