click noise?

YOO

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• Jul 15, 2007

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ok so u know the click noise on internet explorer when u click a link? how come i hear it when my computer is at idle? is somewhat annoying it doesnt do it repeatedly just im gonna guess 15 minutes? . i dont use internet explorer as my browser i use firefox, that clicking noise is gettin annoying.

 

redduc900

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• Jul 16, 2007

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You could always just disable the sound under Control Panel-->Sound-->"Sounds" tab | Highlight Start Navigation under Programs-->Windows Explorer, and select "None" in the Sounds: drop-down menu.

 

xbiker321

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• Jul 16, 2007

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Could be some form of spyware or maybe a lil virus

 

Cheator

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• Jul 16, 2007

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xbiker321 said:

Could be some form of spyware or maybe a lil virus

Click to expand...

Or adware. Adware does that when its submitting info or loading pages that you dont want loading.

 

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YOO

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• Jul 16, 2007

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i did a complete scan virus,spybot and ad aware and found nothing

 

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• Jul 17, 2007

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Hah, I had this happen once... it ****ed me off soooo badly...Think I ended up just disabling the sound all togeather like mentioned above, the formatted a bit later, but ermm yeah, never really found the cause.

 

Omsion

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• Jul 17, 2007

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Hmm...I remember getting something like this on a computer not connected to the internet. It was rather annoying, but I also never figured out the cause.

 

Thund3rball

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• Jul 17, 2007

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I actually disabled all my windows sounds ages ago I really don't need to hear that "click" of IE or the "boink" of a dialogue box etc... Have not missed them at all. Funny when I am on a different PC though, the sounds kinda freak me out cause I am not expecting them - LOL

 

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• Jul 17, 2007

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cool i guess ill disable the sounds

 

ArcticPenguin

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• Jul 18, 2007

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Well if you have left IE open while your system is idle here are a few things that could be potentially the following:

- if your logged into a site such as email [gmail/yahoo/comcast] usually they refresh every so often and you hear that clicking sound.

- site that refresh every so often, esp those with ads etc.

so its not a virus or anything like that. just check the sites your logged into.