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clm22
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01 Aug 2013, 1:09 pm

I have a weird problem i have never had before. Every time i turn on my pc, For a few seconds i get voices. The one i heard today was one person speaking another language and having a conversation with someone i cant hear. Its very clear and when the voice cuts out to let the other person talk i get the usual radio cut off sound.

Does anyone else have a problem with this and know what's causing it? And thanks for anything that helps i just feel uneasy about it :p



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01 Aug 2013, 1:24 pm

Sounds like you are picking up a stray signal. One computer / speaker combination used to occasionally pick up the radio transmissions of passing taxi cabs! It freaked me out the first time it happened, but got used to it after a while. Either the taxi was using an illegal frequency or some oddity of my computer / speaker setup was picking up this particular frequency.

My guess is that your computer is doing something similar.


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01 Aug 2013, 1:26 pm

Could be what Tallyman said. It has happened to me when using wireless headphones. There are also viruses/trojans I don't know the exact term, that play sounds during what seems like random timing. There used to be a virus/trojan out there that would play phrases by a southpark character named "Cartman" randomly in the background. You could also have a pop up playing in one of your browser tabs, who knows.


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01 Aug 2013, 1:29 pm

I can't be doing with headphones. I like to know what's going on around me too much.


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01 Aug 2013, 1:57 pm

thanks ^^ it only happens when when i log on onto my account. I have scanned my pc with Malwarebytes and avg but nothing came up. Its not pop-ups as i didn't even get the chance to open a web browser. I knew my mobile would affect my speakers but i never knew they could pick up radio-waves :0 It sounds like a person speaking on one end of a radio so i guess Tallyman is right. And thanks everyone Its just a bit startling when you hear it for the first time ^^