mj

a strange voice has just come out of my speakers out of the blue.

at the time i had running:

new word doc,
outlook express,
scoobynet,
kazaa lite ( no previews playing )

lasted about 4 seconds but i did'nt get chance to turn the speakers up.

I used to have norton person firewall but binned it cos it was a pain in the **** ( i know i hadn't configged it properly )

I keep reading about port scans with P2P software, is it something like this? and what is a port scan.

ta.

mj.

stevencotton

A port scan is exactly what it sounds like, every port on your computer is scanned to see if it's open.

Sounds like what you're experiencing is schizophrenia though. Get yourself down to your local doctors, tell him you're hearing voices in your head and he'll chuck you some brain-bending drugs, and possibly pencil in a date for some electro-shock therapy.

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

It was probably just your speakers picking up some radio waves. Happens a lot. Nothing to panic about.

Its when you start hearing voices and your PC is switched off you should be worried

mj

it's never happened before, i cant really describe if it was radio or not, maybee its the martians.

dogmaul

it could allways be something like sub 7 and someone talking to you as they hack u. Just a thought

mj

dog,

can enlighten me please.

dogmaul

sub 7 is a trojan it allows people with the client software to connect and control your pc as if they were sat in front of it in fact they can do more than you can, do you have a webcam if so they can watch what you are doing its quite scary.

mj

i cant be asred installing nortan av again, that one went the same way as the firewall.
i saw a post the other day that mentioned an online av check, do you know anything about about it?

dogmaul

i think mcaffee do one www.nai.com but i use TVD anyway so i have never used an online one. I seem to be talking to you alot tonight actually

mj

"I seem to be talking to you alot tonight actually "


??????

GaryK

i used to get that *alot* and it was *always* police radios interfering nothing more than that.

Gary

mj

thanks people,

i'll try the online check anyway.
in case anyones interested it's here:

http://housecall.antivirus.com/

Dream Weaver

What did it say?

dw

mj

if you mean the voice - i don't know the speakers were too low, i think it was in enlish though.

mj

the online check fell over before it started.

i'll try NAV instead.

suba

have you install any anti-spyware? have a look at www.lavasoftusa.com, www.safersite.com and www.bullguard.com.

as for trend-micro anti-virus, make sure nothing is being download/upload to use it.

mj

i had grokster, recently.

used adaware, removed the sypyware and rendered grokster dead.
now use kazaalite.

i'm due for a full wipe soon anyway.

JackClark

Great thread, I'm with Steve.