No sound in youtube or flash

qwerty · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:39

I have no sound in youtube or flash.

It works fine for other things like iTunes.

What is the likely problem and solution?

Knubje · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:40

Reinstall the internets, all should be fine

Cosimo · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:41

Reinstall YouTube.

tres · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:42

Reinstall flash as a stupid sensible answer

reflux · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:45

You haven't muted your web browser have you?

qwerty · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:46

tres said:
Reinstall flash as a stupid sensible answer

Tried. Didn't work.

I think it might be an effect of a website with bad intentions but I've done virus scans etc and found nothing. Any ideas?

qwerty · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:47

reflux said:
You haven't muted your web browser have you?

How do you do that? (or, more helpfully, how do you undo that?)

reflux · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:48

qwerty said:
How do you do that? (or, more helpfully, how do you undo that?)

In Vista and W7, you can selectively control the sound output of different applications. Sometimes I mute my web browser if I want to watch a video but listen to music from Spotify for example.

All you have to do is click on the speakers icon in the system tray and click 'mixer'

qwerty · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:49

Oh, and my google doesn't work. When I click on a link it goes to some random website and not the one it should.

reflux · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:51

qwerty said:
Oh, and my google doesn't work. When I click on a link it goes to some random website and not the one it should.

Sounds like your hosts file might have been hacked.

qwerty · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:53

reflux said:
Sounds like your hosts file might have been hacked.

Really? that sounds bad, but I don't know what it means. How do I fix?

Mikoyan · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:53

run a fullscan with malware bytes

http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756

(take system restore off then scan..re-enable after)

willhub · 15 Jun 2010 at 16:53

I'd rip off Windows and put it back on again tbh.

qwerty · 15 Jun 2010 at 17:00

this is awful

Mikoyan · 15 Jun 2010 at 17:16

Dont do a format just a yet try a clean of your system first!

Malt_Vinegar · 15 Jun 2010 at 17:20

Yup, some sort of malware I reckon.

If you try and go to an anti-virus/malware site, does it refer to some dodgy download page?

SB118 · 15 Jun 2010 at 17:22

Dunno about the website issue, but you can sort the sound issue by reinstalling your codec pack.

qwerty · 15 Jun 2010 at 18:04

Mikoyan said:
run a fullscan with malware bytes

http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5756

(take system restore off then scan..re-enable after)

Success for the sound issue!!! Thanks

But no success for the google issue