annoying siren noise

[bert buffalo]

very confused am I! Somehow my computer now has a very annoying siren noise going off every few seconds, which means the sound must be left "off". The machine has several family users, so I expect soemthing nasty has been downloaded.... I cannot locate the file/applet or whatever that is doing this, need help pleeeeze! Running Windows 98 SE.

[lewis]

When you hear the sound, hit Ctr-Alt-Delete and look for any programs that are running that shouldn't be.

[setec]

Is it a siren or more like a chirp? Are you by chance running Weatherburg? I know that has an annoying sound for weather alerts.

www.weatherbug.com

[freepchelp]

does it do it in safe mode.?
look at msconfig startup and see if anything weird looking sees to be starting up if so uncheck it

[NiTrous]

another thing, some firewalls have anoying sounds as well like siren noises on attacks. check this as well if ur running a firewall

NiTrous~>

[acant2000]

If you have onboard Trend ChipAway Virus this can trigger the siren noise.

[jcf926]

This happened to a friend of mine too, and he eventually realized the sound was not actually coming from the computer. He was next to a fire station and an office window was open. Do you have a police, fire, or some other emergency response center within earshot? If so, don't feel bad...we have all been fooled at one time or another.

[Cache]

Since the original post was made 3 years ago, I doubt he still has the problem. Plus, since he can stop the noise by turning his sound down I doubt its coming from a fire station.