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I am using Firefox v27.0.1 and activate the Shockwave Flash v 12.0.0.70 plugin on startup. I am running iMac os 10.9.1.
Every minute or so my computer beeps at me after I start Firefox. I have verified that if I stop the Shockwave Flash Plugin, or change the settings so that it is not activated when I start Firefox, then the beeping stops.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Paul
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Firefox crashed a few minutes after I posted this question and my iMac did report the crash to Adobe. Here is a link to the crash report
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/26e09c92-4321-4fa2-b124-bb35f2140224 reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS / KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS
I'm not hearing the beeping anymore since restarting Firefox 1/2 hour ago AND the Shockwave Flash plugin is active.
paul
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The beep you hear is coming from OS X.
You can turn alert sounds down or all the way off
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Mike, the sound I'm hearing is not a Built-in O.S. sound.
I'm still having the issue and just verified again the following:
Start Firefox
Observe Shockwave Flash in the Activity Monitor
Random beeping starts - every 30-60 seconds
Quit out of Shockwave Flash via Activity Monitor
Beeping stops.
What is going on?
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There is something in Firefox, either a webpage you're on, or a plug-in that's updating on a time table, causing the beep. I have Firefox as my primary browser on Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2008, 8, 8.1, OS10.6.8 Server, OS 10.7.5, OS 10.8.5, and OS10.9.2, and I have never seen this behavior in any of them. The Windows 8 and OS 10.9.2 are Beta and the rest are the latest release (27 Mac and 28 Win).
Try disabling Extensions one by one unti it quits.
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Agreed Mike, and I think I have identified the plug-in as Shockwave Flash. When I disable it, the beeping stops.
paul
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The behavior is not consistent. I went to a site that had a video embedded on the main page and this caused the Shockwave Flash plug-in to load. That was about an hour ago and not a peep or beep from the computer since then. So, there must be a combination, or order, of events required to reproduce the problem.
paul
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I have the same beeping problem but using Win 7, Firefox and Adobe Flash Player 13.0 r0.
Does anyone have an answer to this annoying problem as yet?
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Point is... Shockwave and Flash are players. They play content (audio or video) that something else generates. They don't make sound or picture content on their own - they lack the API to do so. There's software (or malware) elsewhere on the system that's making the beeping sound and it's using Flash or Shockwave to do it, but the plug-in isn't the cause.
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Thanks for your reply, Mike.
What is the best way to identify the cause/source and what would you recommend to fix this?