I hate to use the virus word but I can't explain....

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I hate to use the virus word but I can't explain....

I have random new message windows pop up filled with words. and new tabs will open in safari to a site like bing or yahoo with the same gibberish typed in

I'm not new to macs and most of my reading consumion is Apple/Mac articles, so I haven't seen anything about a virus or such....I'm just at a loss

Here are some screen shots.....

another scary part is some of the gibberish on the emails includes phrases that look like they were lifted off other email....help!

Thanks,

Todd

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2), Dell Laptop with Vista Home

Posted on Jan 6, 2012 7:21 PM

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Answer 1

Csound1

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Jan 6, 2012 7:22 PM in response to tdownerd

Do you have Dragon installed?

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thomas_r.

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Jan 6, 2012 7:23 PM in response to tdownerd

You have Dragon installed. This has become a common complaint here recently. I don't have Dragon, so I don't know what it's doing, but I suspect there's a setting that allows some audio cue to tell it to start dictation, and it thinks it has heard that cue. That could be totally off-base, but that doesn't change where the blame lies! 🙂

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tdownerd Author

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Jan 6, 2012 7:27 PM in response to tdownerd

AHHHHHH, yes I do have Dragon installed....so closing it should fix the issue?

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Csound1

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Jan 6, 2012 7:28 PM in response to tdownerd

tdownerd wrote:

AHHHHHH, yes I do have Dragon installed....so closing it should fix the issue?

I expect so, try it.

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Jan 6, 2012 7:28 PM in response to tdownerd

tdownerd wrote:

AHHHHHH, yes I do have Dragon installed....so closing it should fix the issue?

Uninstall it.

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thomas_r.

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Jan 6, 2012 7:30 PM in response to tdownerd

I would guess so. As I said, I don't have Dragon, so I don't really know. All I know is that many, many others, all running Dragon, have reported the same problem. I'd love more details, so if you can figure out exactly what's causing it to do that, let us know!

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tdownerd Author

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Jan 6, 2012 7:32 PM in response to tdownerd

Uninstall?....I'll try not running it first, I guess - since I paid for it! 🙂

So was all the gibberish actual recordings of bits of conversations?

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Jan 6, 2012 7:39 PM in response to tdownerd

Some issues with Dragon Dictate and Lion are listed here

http://roaringapps.com/app:469

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tdownerd Author

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Jan 6, 2012 7:40 PM in response to tdownerd

It always seemed so random. It hasn't happend for a few days and tonight it happened as I was playing my guitar - which is plugged into my iMac through a Line 6 POD HD500. That was the only thing happening when it "triggered".

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