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    Question Equalizer apo ... virus or bug? or tracking app?

    Keep in mind that searching on Google for help with something like this can easily lead you to auto-generated articles that try to scare you into downloading/buying their crap software. I found some people on Reddit discussing SBYinYing. Looks like it's used to fool DRM in some games. (Making...
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    Question Equalizer apo ... virus or bug? or tracking app?

    Just thought of something else. There's a GUI program made for Equalizer APO that I, and just about everybody else uses called Peace. Check to see if you have it installed. If it is, then maybe it's trying to operate without Equalizer APO and that is causing issues. There would be no reason to...
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    Question Equalizer apo ... virus or bug? or tracking app?

    I mean, if you're concerned that you may have malware, that should take precedence over your distaste of antivirus software. If you can't find an antivirus program that you like, you can always install it for a scan and then uninstall it when you're done. I think it very well could be...
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    Question Baffling Fan Sound Issue

    I've been leaning in this direction. That makes a lot of sense. I think you're right. If the fan shifts a little every time that it shuts off, there could very easily just be a certain position that it has a chance of shifting into to cause the sound on the next startup. Then after another...
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    Question Baffling Fan Sound Issue

    It's not a wire. There aren't any loose wires in the vicinity, and none of them are even remotely close to being able to contact the fans.
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    Question Baffling Fan Sound Issue

    I've got a custom built air cooled PC. It's been about 6 years without any issues. I shut down the PC one night, and the next morning when I switched it back on, one of the fans was making a loud horrible noise, like something was being hit by one of the fans. It seemed to me like the sound was...