Song from Finding Dory suddenly played on my speakers

cacti

I was printing an email and suddenly music came out of my speakers. According to the lyrics it was from Finding Dory. The email was from my local council about waste collection. The email was the only thing I had open at the time. I know the email was OK. So what could have happened and is there any reason to worry about it? I am using Vista and ESET security. I have run a security scan just to be on the safe side and everything appears to be okay. My printer is an ordinary HP printer. I have read somewhere that printers can get a virus although it seems unusual. Any ideas about what it could be?

marcarm

Was it web based email? Could have been an advert auto playing if it was?

cacti

It came directly from my local council to my email inbox. It started when I clicked on print and stopped when the printing finished. It only took about five seconds to print.

Le_Kirk

Was it "Some day my prints (prince) will come"

Old people will get this, young people, ask Auntie Google.

AndyPix

How bizzarre ..


My first thought would be malware.
Rule this out by running malwarebytes from here


https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/thankyou/


Decline the option for a free trial of the pro version, run a scan and let us know

cacti

Do I have to disable Eset security before I do this?

AndyPix

No - Just install it, run it and then remove it when it has done its job.

bod1467

Or leave it installed so you can manually do periodic malware checks.

cacti

Thanks AndyPix. I did what you suggested and it found one threat which it quaranteed. It said it was PUP. Optional Hicosmea. Does that mean everything is okay now?

bod1467

A couple of links that might be worth looking at:

http://pcinfectionskiller.com/infected-by-pup-optional-hicosmea-guide-to-remove-pup-optional-hicosmea/

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?threads/malwarebytes-reports-traces-of-hicosmea.296510/

cacti

I have had a look at the links. It seems that I have to run the Malware scan again in a few days and see if it reappears. Although it has been quarantined, could it still be lurking in the computer? Are there any precautions I can take? It looks like it is really nasty and difficult to get rid of.