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Posted by Martinez on August 29, 2005, 3:36 pm
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>> > Ok folks-
>> >
>> > My in-laws called me up to say that their computer is "haunted." For
>> > some reason, at random times, various sounds come out ot of the
>> > speakers: a little girl calling "Mom," creaking floor, slamming door,
>> > or an elephant trumpet. Needless to say, when you are home alone and
>> > all the sudden you hear some unseen child calling for Mom or a phantom
>> > slamming door, it is pretty spooky.
>> >
>> > I asssume that this is either a side-effect of a program that one of
>> > them downloaded or is some sort of virus. Anyone have a clue where I
>> > can lead them?
>> >
>> > I've got them trying AVG, Spybot and Ad-ware, but that will take them a
>> > while to figure out. Any suggestions?
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>> A haunted computer? <G> I don't think so. It's probably their screen
>>saver coming on. Have them turn it off and the ghosts will vanish.
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> AHA!! I tried 4 times to answer this and could not do it straight-faced!!
> Of course it is their screen saver......grin. Or someone downloaded a
> joke
> program.
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> OTOH.......if they need a *ghost-buster*, I will come over and do it, lol.
> But the elephant trumpetting was a dead (pardon the pun) giveaway that it
> is
> a joke. The other sounds are not the least bit...........ah, never mind,
> lol.
>
> Cheers.....Heather
The slamming door and creaking floor was the giveaway for me.
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