# Strange audio file on my computer.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553 "2003-10-31T00:22:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553/1 "2003-10-31T00:22:55Z")

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Somehow I have gotten a slurping sound on my computer. That’s exactly what it sounds like. I have no idea where it came from nor how it got on my computer. It seems to be totally random and I don’t think I do anything to trigger it. The OS I use is XP pro. Mozilla is my browser.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553/2 "2003-10-31T01:23:02Z")

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Not enough information here…

Does the sound emanate from the speakers or from the case?

If the former, check Control Panel -\> Sounds and disable all sounds and see if it continues.

If the latter, describe it in more detail like the nature of the sound itself and what apps are running when it occurs.

Check any apps running in the background that trigger sounds based on their activity (like IRC chatting, P2P clients…etc)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553/3 "2003-10-31T01:28:56Z")

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Do you have any instant messaging clients installed?

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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553/4 "2003-10-31T01:57:06Z")

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Must… Resist… Obvious… Joke…

Must… Deny… Comic… Urges…

Auugh!

Can’t… Hold…

_Maybe your computer is going down._

Damn. :smack:

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553/5 "2003-10-31T03:36:06Z")

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The default window opening sound in my MSWindows sounds _was_ a muddled whooshing sound that could be taken as a slurp.

I of course turned off all such sound effects and deleted the sound files just to be extra sure.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-audio-file-on-my-computer/210553/6 "2003-11-01T04:39:35Z")

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Thanks for all the suggestions…even the joke. But I think I figured out what it was. It was seti @ home telling me I needed to connect to download the info. It needed connecting and I haven’t heard it since I did.