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how to remove alarm noise?

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everytime i open firefox..a sound starts like an alarm...this happened just now..

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== just tonight

everytime i open firefox..a sound starts like an alarm...this happened just now.. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == just tonight

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I disabled Cool Preview .. sound stopped .. but I want that addon. When can I turn it back on

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I'm thinking it's a virus???

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same problem, just occured on win xp

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Same problem, I also disabled cool preview and the alarm stopped. What's going on? I'm on a MacBook Pro

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I have a weird alarm sound whenever I open Firefox. It sounds like simplistic electronic music at first then it morphs into a siren sound. A Norton Quick Scan turned up nothing. I'm doing a full system scan now. The sound continues unabated as long as the browser is open. It stops as soon as the browser is closed.

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I thought it was a pop-up mario bro game.

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i just disable cool preview as told but a love that addon
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After disabling cool preview the sound was turned off.

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Had the same problem...took off cool preview and sound stopped.

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I have the same problem -pleasant music followed by a not so pleasant alarm. Doesn't happen with Explrer.

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Google's homepage is hosting Pacman.

Jesus christ, what is wrong with this board?

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i had the same problem. i have windows 7 ultimate .i also deactivate cool preview and stopped.

.can someone tell what happened ? . wrong version ? bug ? ....

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I have same problem ...disable cooliris,then removed still have noise..running Mac

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I disabled CoolPreviews .. sound stopped .. but I want that add on again.

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seriously - wtf? this alarm is annoying!!

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I posted earlier about this alarm sound. What is cool preview and how do I turn it off? Is it an add-on? I don't see it listed on my computer. I'm still having the problem.

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When you are in Firefox ... go to Tools ... clk on addons and disable Cool Preview. Apparently you have it or you wouldn't be hearing the alarm sound. I wish I knew when it was going to stop so I could enable it again.

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Cool previews problem confirmed... I disable the cool previews addon and it stopped...

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there might be a relation to Google Earth.. I removed Ffox and reinstalled.. after I reinstalled Ffox.. and used Google Earth again.. same problem again.. Makes me angry.. but that is useless...

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just forgot to say..after my reinstall of Firefox.. this noise was gone!!!!! So the problem might be Google Earth.....

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