patsylabrador Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Around 4am I woke to the sound of the computer which is downstairs switching itself on very loudly. I was too sleepy to do anything. Suddenly George Formby was blaring through the house singing along to his ukelele. It was very loud, next door must have heard it. I ran down to switch it all off and there was George Formby looking out from the computer screen. As I've recently watched Insidious it was all very creepy. There are rational reasons for it happening - I hope, but it still scared me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I'd run a virus scan asap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Freaky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovechickens Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Scary stuff!! Couple of years ago I went to the cinema to watch 'Paranormal Activity' which I don't mind admitting..scared me quite a lot-anyway the lead woman in the film spent a lot of the film rocking (whilst posessed) backwards and forwards over her husband whilst he was asleep. On returning home from the cinema I put the kids to bed and went to bed myself, fell asleep-only to be woken by my eldest daughter (who had slept walked into my bedroom) rocking over me! not quite scared enough she promptly screamed 'MUMMY' at the top of her voice and casually sleptwalked back into her own bed!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 ES saw that film and cant sleep with the wardrobe door open a few yrs back I posted re one of our cats walking over remote and the telly blaring out in middle of the night . . Our cats were watching the economic situation in S America - not sure which I;d prefer George or that. Did your neighbours enquire re your nightime music tastes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasperaliceuk Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Our computer switches itself on at around 4 in the morning too, as well as the DVD recorder if we don't switch it off at the mains. My husband keeps trying to find a solution to it. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 They may have timers on to allow the machine to switch on at a certain time. I turn everything, including the router, off at night and when I'm not using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Our computer switches itself on at around 4 in the morning too, as well as the DVD recorder if we don't switch it off at the mains. My husband keeps trying to find a solution to it. Sue If you use the TV guide on a TV these things update automatically when in stand by at 3am - it has never turned my TV on though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Eek, that is a very weird and creepy thing to happen at 4am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Scary stuff!! Couple of years ago I went to the cinema to watch 'Paranormal Activity' which I don't mind admitting..scared me quite a lot-anyway the lead woman in the film spent a lot of the film rocking (whilst posessed) backwards and forwards over her husband whilst he was asleep. On returning home from the cinema I put the kids to bed and went to bed myself, fell asleep-only to be woken by my eldest daughter (who had slept walked into my bedroom) rocking over me! not quite scared enough she promptly screamed 'MUMMY' at the top of her voice and casually sleptwalked back into her own bed!!!!!! And THAT is why I don't watch creepy scary films My nerves won't take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Our CD player used to do that at our old house - we decided it was a ghost. Never felt scared thou, we also smelt cigarette smoke in the kitchen - "Ooops, word censored!"ody smokes and there was no explanation for it. Some things are unexplainable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Anymore from George Patsy? Hope not. OH said when I told him he thought your computer might have been in sleep mode and could be a virus. I have to say on the few occasions I have been woked suddenly like that it is a shock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Very wierd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Could it have woken up to defragment? Though I don't understand it blaring out George Foreman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 No sign of dear George, thank goodness. The computer is, I think, on it's last legs. I don't think it's a virus, as we have Macafee running scans and anti virus stuff. I guess it could have been a clean up thing as YS has been running a 'system mechanic' programme to clean it up and get rid of all those little s"Ooops, word censored!"s of unwanted data. We're trying to keep it going as long as possible. Of all the things we have looked at on the computer, a friend of YS has bought a ukelele, that was just so creepy. Alis Girls, perhaps you shouldn't tell your son that they're planning Insidious 2. " It's not the house that is haunted, it's you!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 No I dont think i will - thanks for info. i told him about your computer - hes never heard of George fornby - and he said he;d have run out the house teenagers - no stamina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickric Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 They may have timers on to allow the machine to switch on at a certain time. I turn everything, including the router, off at night and when I'm not using it. We switch everything off at the plugs as well,apart from the telephone and router. (Got them remote plug things, all the sockets are hard to reach) Don't know if this is specific to our ISP or router but we were advised to leave the router on all the time as if it is switched on and off regularly it thinks that there may be a problem with the line and slows the connection down to try and stabilize the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Don't know if this is specific to our ISP or router but we were advised to leave the router on all the time as if it is switched on and off regularly it thinks that there may be a problem with the line and slows the connection down to try and stabilize the line. I work from home and was told off by my IT dept for switching my router off at night time. They gave the same advice as you had, so now I leave my router on 24/7. The computer gets switched off at the wall though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
