What is that audible sound?

[btag]

Recently I started hearing this "popping" sound. I can't say exactly when it began, but I noticed it the last several days, and I've been using NOD 32 for about a week. When I hear it, it will usually repeat itself every few minutes. It sounds like that noise you made as a kid (and possibly as an adult!) by putting your finger in your mouth with cheeks blown up and flicking it out. I thought maybe it was a popup blocker from firefox except that I've heard it with firefox closed. I've heard a very similar if not exact sound from Utorrent, whenever a download completes. Are there any sounds that NOD32 makes for any reason? If not, does anyone have an idea what I'm hearing? It's not all the time, and I haven't been able to associate it with any program yet.

[zapjb]

It's your AIM buddy list or some such.

[Blackspear]

{QUOTE-> Are there any sounds that NOD32 makes for any reason? <-QUOTE}No.

Cheers ;D

[ASpace]

{QUOTE-> If not, does anyone have an idea what I'm hearing? It's not all the time, and I haven't been able to associate it with any program yet. <-QUOTE}

Chat / IM software , Windows or whatever can be making this sound . We don't know what you have installed on your computer so we can only guess. Any changes you have made to your computer since these sounds started appearing?

[ctrlaltdelete]

I've heard it also. On my system it is C:\WINDOWS\Media\Windows XP Ballon.wav

Guess the notification about the definition update is blocked by something...sometimes.???
I never checked NOD32 system log to see if the update happened at that moment.

[sasa843]

What does it tell?
Take a look on this link http://www.pandasoftware.com/about/press/viewNews.aspx?noticia=8697&sitepanda=particulares

[webyourbusiness]

viruses which do this (tell you they are deleting things) have been around a while...

http://news.com.com/Worm+speaks+to+Windows+users/2100-7349_3-5363988.html

[mick92z]

I also hear that popping sound, on my computer, its when something updates,or when a program I am using, has a newer version to download.I also get a message in the bottom right corner, with a balloon tip ,telling me information.When I uncheck the box marked ' enable balloon tips' using TweakUI, I still get the popping sound , but no message.Do you get any balloon tip messages at all. If not, you could download TweakUI from microsoft,open the program, click on Taskbar and Menu, and place a check in the box 'enable balloon tips'.http://filehippo.com/download_tweakui/

[btag]

I have Windows XP Media Center Edition version 2002 sp2. I don't have AIM, but I do have yahoo and windows live messengers, although I don't believe either were running at the time. I do not see any balloons for updates. Only new additions besides NOD 32 have been some dvd software (movavi and convertxtodvd). I also have asquared and spybot but they are only running when I scan. I use Peer Guardian firewall when using Utorrent, but have heard the sounds with them both off. As I said, the sound is the same one that Utorrent makes when a download completes. I guess I'll have to better track this till I find the culprit. In the meantime, thanks for replies and keep them coming!

[mick92z]

What I meant was if you enabled the balloon tips, they might identify the program that is causing the noise.Like when I use Anydvd, I sometimes hear the popping noise,with the message 'there is a newer version out'With balloon tips disabled,I just hear the popping noise,and have no idea,what the popping noise means.I hope this doesn't sound too mad.;D

[ThunderZ]

Guessing you are running XP. Go to the Control Panel\Sounds and Audio devices\Sounds tab. From there you can do a little detective work by checking which sounds are associated with which events. It will be your choice then to leave it, associate another sound, or associate "none" with the event.