Strange behavior

[fjgold]

Hi folks,
My sister has Avast! 5 pro installed on her HP notebook.
She connects wirelessly to the net using a Siemens SE 567 DSL modem\router.

Now for the really strange part.
When she updates Avast! at some point it activated her Radio Shack wireless door bell.

In other words when the update(s) complete her door bell rings.

Has anyone here seen this kind of interference related to Avast! 5 pro?

My guess is that her Wi-Fi and her door bell controler use the same 2.4 GHz frequencies.
What has me stumped is, what in Avast! can be doing this?

I did say it was strange didn't I. LOL

She could just disable her door bell or change the frequency range I guess, but it would be nice to know how an Anti-virus program could do this.

An interesting side note, this has been happening for awhile and her husband, a technically challenged individual by his own admission, suggested that her computer could be the culprit.
Looks like he was right.

[Pondus]

go to avast > settings > update and remove the tic on " Ding door bell after update " .....

Computers works in mysterious ways   

[Rednose]

go to avast > settings > update and remove the tic on " Ding door bell after update " .....

LOL

Greetz, Red.

[Vlk]

Wow, there's a few Easter Eggs in avast but I wasn't aware of this one

Now, seriously, is there some driver (or program) installed on your computer that is designed to control the bell? What is the wifi feature of the bell good for?

Thanks
Vlk

[DavidCo]

It is the wireless router/modem that determines the operating frequency (channel)
I find it hard to see that a particular application could change this

Some time ago I had our wireless door bell going once or twice a day and to cut a long story short it was my neighbor locking/unlocking his car (wireless)
There are many devices that can cause this and they do not have to be wireless themselves.

Just a thought