Beeping Problem

[Shep]

I think I am being attacked. Here is the problem:

Every evening at 8:11 p.m. my computer starts beeping for about 30 seconds.
It stops as soon as I disconnect from the internet. If I set the computer
clock back an hour the beep does not occur when the clock says 8:11 p.m. but
beeps when the actual time is 8:11 p.m. (9:11 on the computer clock) This
tells me that someone has access to my computer at the same time each day.

I use the free version of ZoneAlarm and have started fresh with all ports
closed. I have scanned using updated Norton antivirus definitions. I have
used the free versions of SpyDocter and Ad-Aware. I have deleted all
cookies and temporary files. Nothing seems to work.

Can anyone help?

 

[Malke]

I think I am being attacked. Here is the problem:

Every evening at 8:11 p.m. my computer starts beeping for about 30
seconds.
It stops as soon as I disconnect from the internet. If I set the
computer clock back an hour the beep does not occur when the clock
says 8:11 p.m. but
beeps when the actual time is 8:11 p.m. (9:11 on the computer clock)
This tells me that someone has access to my computer at the same time
each day.

I use the free version of ZoneAlarm and have started fresh with all
ports
closed. I have scanned using updated Norton antivirus definitions. I
have
used the free versions of SpyDocter and Ad-Aware. I have deleted all
cookies and temporary files. Nothing seems to work.

Can anyone help?

The fact that the beeps occur at the same time each day doesn't
necessarily mean that someone is accessing your computer. Obviously you
have some sort of alarm-clock program running or some program that is
set to do something (perhaps get an update?) at 8:11 PM and perhaps it
is failing and giving you the beeps as an error. The only way to
troubleshoot is to use Task Manager to see what is running at that time
and examine all the preferences of any programs running. Try clean-boot
troubleshooting:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310353

Malke