Sound Uncontrollable

[adavid12]

Today, out of the blue, the sound on my 15" MacBook Pro (October 2008) started rising on it's own. Now, the translucent speaker notification will just blink. If I try to lower the sound, it sometimes fights me and then, even if I've muted it, the sound will just rise again.

Is this a virus?

 

[spinnerlys]

It is not a virus, as there are no viruses for Mac OS X currently in public circulation, thus none exist right now.

Mac Virus/Malware Info

Have you installed any third-party sound application? Can you control the volume via System Preferences > Sound > Output or the Menu Bar icon?


Have a look at Activity Monitor ( Applications / Utilities / ) and select All Processes and sort by Name to see what the culprit may be.

image below uses sorting by CPU as an example

Then select all processes via CMD+A, press CMD+C to copy it to the clipboard and paste the clipboard's contents via CMD+V in your next post.



Also have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.

Mac OS X Basics

Switch 101 - guide with articles made by Apple on how to accustom yourself, after you switched to Mac OS X from Windows​

Mac 101 - How to get started with Mac OS X​

Find out how - tutorial videos made by Apple on how to do certain thing in Mac OS X​

Pro tips - tips made available by Apple for easier ways of doing certain tasks​

Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts - Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.​

Mac OS X Beginner's Guide by MacRumors - learn about software, media players, shortcuts and some useful tips, tricks and hints​

Mac Guides - tutorials, product guides and more​

Mac Guides - Finding Mac Software​

MRoogle - a very effective tool to search these fora using Google and made available by edesignuk, introductory threads: 1, 2 and 3​

"How to maximise your MacRumors troubleshooting experience" created by mad jew in 2006​

 

[Consultant]

sounds like your volume button is stuck

any liquid damage to the keyboard?

LOL spinnerlys, let's make it a novel!