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[Closed] Why is my computer making a whooshing sound???

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Just randomly sat surfing the net - keep getting a fake whoooshing sound through the speakers - no idea what it is!

Only got Chrome and iTunes open - any help appreciated!

Thanks


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 7:20 pm
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Probably an advert hidden in a popup or in a sidebar. Look for an add with a speaker symbol to shut it up!


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 7:25 pm
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Have you done a scan for Wotsits?


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 7:43 pm
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Window open and you can hear the chavs drive by...


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 7:56 pm
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Funnily enough I had this last week, I turned my speakers off. If you find out what it is let me know. Is it a swoosh then a kind of vibration sound?


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 8:39 pm
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i had the same thing while i was on bikemagic the other day, took me ages to realise it was the ad for the royal marines making the noise!

presumably that means i don't have "what it takes" 😕


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 8:47 pm
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I think your computer's trying to tell you something ....

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Posted : 02/04/2009 9:00 pm
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It might possibly that marine ad on bikemagic!

f&s - no chance its wotsits - hate them, much more of a Hula Hoop kind of guy!


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 9:29 pm
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is it like a scratching sort of noise? it does it twice and then stops?


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 9:47 pm
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Ghost in the machine.


 
Posted : 02/04/2009 9:53 pm
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Having just turned my speakers back on I can confirm that it is that stupid royal marines ad. How irritating is that.


 
Posted : 03/04/2009 7:44 am
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What you want is [i]the-firefox-extension-of-which-we-do-not-speak[/i] which allows you to [i]block ads[/i].

But don't use it here obviously.


 
Posted : 03/04/2009 7:54 am
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I use firefox but its a flash player ad.


 
Posted : 03/04/2009 7:55 am
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Gary if you had an e-mail address in your profile someone could reveal the secret in a PM. With no risk of a banning.


 
Posted : 03/04/2009 10:45 am
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I dont seem to get the whooshing, and I'm seeing all the ads too.


 
Posted : 03/04/2009 10:59 am