Jacob
Ok so this has been happening for at least a year. I keep hearing this really weird voice saying random codes and things and then it just stops. The latest one, which was five minutes ago, said "454 great lake." I live in Michigan, which is surrounded by the great lakes. I have run a virus scan which has come out clean. I have a Macbook pro. What is going on? Any info would help.
Answer
Sure... it could be those other suggestions about radio wave interference, but...
Does anyone else (not a malicious attacker, but more like someone you know that likes to pull pranks) have access to your computer? This would include your parents if you are a kid, or your kids if you are a parent.
Here's what I'm getting at:
I'm not suggesting anyone has gained unauthorized access via a virus or by brute force guessing your password, or anything like that.
But, if someone is basically authorized by you, they could still be a prankster.
Given access or the knowledge of your password, it is possible for someone to cause your mac to speak.
For example, this app helps pull the prank, for the less technically inclined: http://www.freemacware.com/remote-say/
But that app simply provides a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to do something that can also be done manually on the command line.
You could do it yourself if you simply open the terminal app and know the right command to enter on the command line (please note: the commands you can enter on the command line can be very powerful, and power used without knowledge can be dangerous...). Try this:
Open the terminal app (unless you moved it, it will be in the Utilities folder, which is in the Applications folders), on the command line, copy and paste the following entire line:
say "Hello Jacob, I am your favorite Macintosh. Please feed me now."
Hit enter if the line you pasted above did not include a carriage return.
Now, if remote access has also been enabled via either ssh or telnet (to enable either of those, physical access would have been required to begin with) then, someone that is also on your same home network could login and execute any "say" command they wished, along with a volume adjusting command to make sure your volume is not muted or very low, and you would hear it at your mac.
Don't worry about your system being vulnerable to attacks from the malicious outside world:
1: Even if the above is what is happening, your prankster would be knowledgeable enough to be able to ensure that your system is not vulnerable from the outside.
2: Hypothetically, if your system was compromised to begin with, so you are thinking the prankster is not someone you know at all... That's not a concern; if your system was vulnerable to the outside and someone was able to guess your password, they would NOT use that access to prank you. Their use would be much more secretive. Again, this is hypothetical; your mac is locked down out of the box and you (or your prankster) would have to go out of your way to make the mac vulnerable to the outside.
Of course, now that you know all that, you are the best judge if you are being pranked based on what is being spoken. Also, does what you hear sound like the same voice as any of the voices you can select in the system preferences? If not, then it would have to be the interference issue.
Wex
Sure... it could be those other suggestions about radio wave interference, but...
Does anyone else (not a malicious attacker, but more like someone you know that likes to pull pranks) have access to your computer? This would include your parents if you are a kid, or your kids if you are a parent.
Here's what I'm getting at:
I'm not suggesting anyone has gained unauthorized access via a virus or by brute force guessing your password, or anything like that.
But, if someone is basically authorized by you, they could still be a prankster.
Given access or the knowledge of your password, it is possible for someone to cause your mac to speak.
For example, this app helps pull the prank, for the less technically inclined: http://www.freemacware.com/remote-say/
But that app simply provides a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to do something that can also be done manually on the command line.
You could do it yourself if you simply open the terminal app and know the right command to enter on the command line (please note: the commands you can enter on the command line can be very powerful, and power used without knowledge can be dangerous...). Try this:
Open the terminal app (unless you moved it, it will be in the Utilities folder, which is in the Applications folders), on the command line, copy and paste the following entire line:
say "Hello Jacob, I am your favorite Macintosh. Please feed me now."
Hit enter if the line you pasted above did not include a carriage return.
Now, if remote access has also been enabled via either ssh or telnet (to enable either of those, physical access would have been required to begin with) then, someone that is also on your same home network could login and execute any "say" command they wished, along with a volume adjusting command to make sure your volume is not muted or very low, and you would hear it at your mac.
Don't worry about your system being vulnerable to attacks from the malicious outside world:
1: Even if the above is what is happening, your prankster would be knowledgeable enough to be able to ensure that your system is not vulnerable from the outside.
2: Hypothetically, if your system was compromised to begin with, so you are thinking the prankster is not someone you know at all... That's not a concern; if your system was vulnerable to the outside and someone was able to guess your password, they would NOT use that access to prank you. Their use would be much more secretive. Again, this is hypothetical; your mac is locked down out of the box and you (or your prankster) would have to go out of your way to make the mac vulnerable to the outside.
Of course, now that you know all that, you are the best judge if you are being pranked based on what is being spoken. Also, does what you hear sound like the same voice as any of the voices you can select in the system preferences? If not, then it would have to be the interference issue.
Wex
short or crash courses on BASIC computer especially MSOffice.....around manila.?
Raiza J
do u knoe any short or crash courses on BASIC computer especially MSOffice.....around manila. where??? and how much..
i want to learn the basic in MICROSOFT.. i badly need it.. i need to have a certificate or any proof that i undergone that training. pls help i have to be enrolled before the sem break finished..
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try calling -
Cubao
2/F VB Building 807 Aurora Blvd. Cubao
Quezon City Manila Philippines (almost
accross Partas Bus Terminal).
Tel. No.: +632-410-2580 or 410-7859
Shaw Blvd.
Unit 619 (6th Floor) Cityland Shaw Tower
Shaw Blvd. Cor. Saint Francis St.
Mandaluyong City Philippines (beside
Shangri-la Mall).
Tel. No.: +632-914-1962 or 384-5682
Mobile No.: 0920-953-0250
Email address: info@nytcenter.com
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