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dala
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden477 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-31 11:02:25
July 31 2011 11:01 GMT
#1
Occasionally, at the beginning of games after I've split the workers and start spamming, I can hear a sound clip. It begins with the buzzing sound of a flying fly, then a slap and finally a guy saying something like "got it". It's not always the whole clip is played up, but sometimes I can only hear the fly and sometimes it stops after the slap.

I'm on a mac (Macbook Pro) with the latest patch installed. But I've been hearing this for a while now.

Have anyone else noticed this? Am I infected by a malware? Neither the search tool, the Battle.net forum nor Google could help me with this.


(Help me before I go crazy for hearing voices!)
iba001
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia156 Posts
July 31 2011 11:14 GMT
#2
lol serious?

let me guess you play terran?
DarKcS
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia1237 Posts
July 31 2011 11:46 GMT
#3
Disable ambient sound in sound settings?
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RaidenDude
Profile Joined May 2011
Norway21 Posts
July 31 2011 11:47 GMT
#4
This must be the weirdest thing i've ever heard...
I recommend you to do a scan with MalwareBytes, if the problem is malware-related.

But, seeing as the sound only plays in the start of games, i have absolutely no idea what the issue might be, it is very unlikely that it is malware.
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Starp
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada199 Posts
July 31 2011 11:50 GMT
#5
...i'm intrigued too. There were a few times when I thought I heard sounds, voices (of people talking, etc) that doesn't seem to be part of the SC2 game. However, they were different that yours. I thought it could be malware but don't know what it is. I don't think it is the voice chat feature because I have never enabled it or used it. I was concerned too.

Could malware be spread through Bnet?
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Midori8
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia126 Posts
July 31 2011 11:52 GMT
#6
Maybe it could be something like that bug where textures were swapped/wrong, but with sound clips?

Maybe try turn off game sound and music and see if it still does it.
dala
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden477 Posts
July 31 2011 11:54 GMT
#7
On July 31 2011 20:14 iba001 wrote:
lol serious?

let me guess you play terran?


Yes, I do.

Is that sound part of the SCV sound pool? That would explain it. * embarrassed*
dala
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden477 Posts
July 31 2011 11:56 GMT
#8
On July 31 2011 20:54 dala wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 31 2011 20:14 iba001 wrote:
lol serious?

let me guess you play terran?


Yes, I do.

Is that sound part of the SCV sound pool? That would explain it. * embarrassed*


Solved! No malware.


sekalf
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden522 Posts
July 31 2011 12:00 GMT
#9
Awesome thread
iba001
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia156 Posts
July 31 2011 12:06 GMT
#10
lol second that great thread
CharlieBrownsc
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada598 Posts
July 31 2011 14:17 GMT
#11
lolololololololololololollololol
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
July 31 2011 14:47 GMT
#12
Glad it all worked out for you

I do stuff like this too, dont be embarrassed :p
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theBOOCH
Profile Joined November 2010
United States832 Posts
July 31 2011 15:14 GMT
#13
Lol. At least now you have piece of mind!
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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13407 Posts
July 31 2011 15:26 GMT
#14
Awesome thread glad the problem was solved at least

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arthur
Profile Joined April 2009
United Kingdom488 Posts
July 31 2011 15:48 GMT
#15
hahaha this thread needs spotlighting


i am sorry for your mistake but it cheered me up ty.
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dala
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden477 Posts
July 31 2011 16:37 GMT
#16
Great that I could entertain some of you. I'm just happy to know what was going on.
smaugswe
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden121 Posts
July 31 2011 17:00 GMT
#17
The sound gets interuppted if you press something else LOL
Troll op? :D
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Mtndrew
Profile Joined May 2011
United States174 Posts
July 31 2011 17:11 GMT
#18
ROFL @ the Deliverance reference
Sandrosuperstar
Profile Joined November 2009
Sweden525 Posts
July 31 2011 17:15 GMT
#19
i have a similar problem in bw. whenever i build my first gateway (or sometimes cybernetics) the human nuclear launch detected sound file starts to endlessly loop until i pause the game. Then it never happens again. just an anecdote
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Godstorm
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Romania845 Posts
July 31 2011 19:07 GMT
#20
I was going to sugest turning off all sound and seeing if it's from sc2 but then i saw the response:pure gold :D.
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Genovi
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden388 Posts
July 31 2011 19:10 GMT
#21
Hahaahaha this thread is awesome! I dont want to insult you but this made my day haha göad its no malware though
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ataryens
Profile Joined June 2010
Iran213 Posts
July 31 2011 19:59 GMT
#22
Mac user ha? mmm
Sfydjklm
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States9218 Posts
July 31 2011 21:01 GMT
#23
On August 01 2011 04:59 ataryens wrote:
Mac user ha? mmm

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risk.nuke
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden2825 Posts
July 31 2011 22:04 GMT
#24
Also guessing you got 2d portraits, love you!
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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
July 31 2011 22:10 GMT
#25
Lawl
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
July 31 2011 22:42 GMT
#26
Ive thought this myself before, its pretty funny ^_^
Useless wet fish.
TheTomato
Profile Joined August 2010
United States40 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 05:28:31
August 01 2011 05:28 GMT
#27
Well now I know what that ****ing sound is....
CharlieBrownsc
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada598 Posts
August 01 2011 13:29 GMT
#28
I award this thread 3 nada's body(s) out of 5
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Madera
Profile Joined July 2011
Sweden2672 Posts
August 01 2011 13:32 GMT
#29
I got a little scared as well first time I heard it. And this was like 6 months after release.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
August 01 2011 13:40 GMT
#30
love the rush to malware, saw a picture in the [SFW] pic's that make you laugh thread. It was a chart reading "knowledge of computers" and "blame viruses" as one went down, the other went up. Made me laugh, and here it is live.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 13:41:14
August 01 2011 13:40 GMT
#31
Lol the sound only comes when you click the same scvs about 10 times without clicking anything else i think.

Why do you do that? :D

Also you should also hear most of the other "longer" scv sound, which should make you suspicious already when the scvs are talking weird things.
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Chibithor
Profile Joined April 2011
Brazil514 Posts
August 01 2011 13:54 GMT
#32
On August 01 2011 22:40 GreEny K wrote:
love the rush to malware, saw a picture in the [SFW] pic's that make you laugh thread. It was a chart reading "knowledge of computers" and "blame viruses" as one went down, the other went up. Made me laugh, and here it is live.

To be fair, generally the less knowledge you have on computers the greater chance you have to get malware/viruses.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
August 01 2011 14:34 GMT
#33
On August 01 2011 22:54 Chibithor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2011 22:40 GreEny K wrote:
love the rush to malware, saw a picture in the [SFW] pic's that make you laugh thread. It was a chart reading "knowledge of computers" and "blame viruses" as one went down, the other went up. Made me laugh, and here it is live.

To be fair, generally the less knowledge you have on computers the greater chance you have to get malware/viruses.


I don't know, if you don't have a large knowledge of computers why would you be browsing sites that aren't safe? I think of it as if you don't know a lot about computers, you just check the basics; google, facebook, banking ect...
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
DJFaqU
Profile Joined May 2011
466 Posts
August 01 2011 15:35 GMT
#34
If you don't know anything about computers, how would you know which sites are safe? Not all of them are red-on-black and have skulls and huge "VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" messages everywhere.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
August 01 2011 15:58 GMT
#35
On August 02 2011 00:35 DJFaqU wrote:
If you don't know anything about computers, how would you know which sites are safe? Not all of them are red-on-black and have skulls and huge "VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" messages everywhere.


I'm saying that if you don't know a lot about computers, you wouldn't be browsing sites that aren't safe in the first place.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
DaFlix
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada28 Posts
August 01 2011 16:19 GMT
#36
You have firefox,its something called "Web Of Trust"that has green,yellow,and red light.NO skulls
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norterrible
Profile Joined October 2009
United States618 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-01 16:27:25
August 01 2011 16:26 GMT
#37
On August 02 2011 00:58 GreEny K wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2011 00:35 DJFaqU wrote:
If you don't know anything about computers, how would you know which sites are safe? Not all of them are red-on-black and have skulls and huge "VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" messages everywhere.


I'm saying that if you don't know a lot about computers, you wouldn't be browsing sites that aren't safe in the first place.


Well my gf's mom got a virus from a cooking website. She then later got another one from an unrelated cooking site about how to make a cake. Both times it was one of those fake anti-viruses that asks you to pay money. If you just google search for things its hard to know which sites are safe. I think they target old people because they know they are gullible.


Also, LOL@OP, I was wondering what the hell it was for a long time as well but just figured it was a terran sound.
kekeke
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
August 01 2011 16:37 GMT
#38
On August 02 2011 01:26 norterrible wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 02 2011 00:58 GreEny K wrote:
On August 02 2011 00:35 DJFaqU wrote:
If you don't know anything about computers, how would you know which sites are safe? Not all of them are red-on-black and have skulls and huge "VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" messages everywhere.


I'm saying that if you don't know a lot about computers, you wouldn't be browsing sites that aren't safe in the first place.


Well my gf's mom got a virus from a cooking website. She then later got another one from an unrelated cooking site about how to make a cake. Both times it was one of those fake anti-viruses that asks you to pay money. If you just google search for things its hard to know which sites are safe. I think they target old people because they know they are gullible.


Also, LOL@OP, I was wondering what the hell it was for a long time as well but just figured it was a terran sound.


Lol, funniest story I've heard in a while. Old people, lol
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
August 01 2011 16:53 GMT
#39
On August 01 2011 22:40 GreEny K wrote:
love the rush to malware, saw a picture in the [SFW] pic's that make you laugh thread. It was a chart reading "knowledge of computers" and "blame viruses" as one went down, the other went up. Made me laugh, and here it is live.


[image loading]
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JediGamer
Profile Joined August 2010
United States656 Posts
August 01 2011 17:23 GMT
#40
Hopefully you guys can help me out. I think I have an official virus. I SIT DOWN to play sc2. And when I'm using my marines... i'm not leaving my house at all, im not going anywhere. Then outta the blue... someones saying GO GO GO. I'm not leaving, i'm playing sc2. This damn malware virus hardware issue is getting to me. In sc1 some nerd gave me a virus where sometimes someone called me a chickenshit during the game. I ended up qutiting wc2 for good because i'd be in the middle of teh game and "works complete" and i would get relaxed. The work wasn't freaking complete.
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GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
August 01 2011 18:58 GMT
#41
On August 02 2011 01:53 Medrea wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2011 22:40 GreEny K wrote:
love the rush to malware, saw a picture in the [SFW] pic's that make you laugh thread. It was a chart reading "knowledge of computers" and "blame viruses" as one went down, the other went up. Made me laugh, and here it is live.


[image loading]


Thats the one!! Thanks!
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
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