How can I remove a new, abnormal alert sound?

On my desktop Mac running OS 10.7.5, the computer alert sound spontaneouly changed to a new, very unpleasant "crunching" sound that is not listed in the Apple System Prefs>Sound>Select Alert Sound menu.  Have tried resetting the alert sound using the Prefs menu, as well as several adware/malware removal programs, without  benefit.  Any thoughts on the hard drive location of the alert sounds in OS 10.7 (so that I might access them to see if there is an additional alert sound not represented on the standard alert sound menu that could be removed)?  Any other thoughts on how I might address and rectify this annoying glitch?  Thanks in advance to anyone reponding?

Thanks baltwo.  I verified that the only alert sounds in my System/Library/Sounds are those that are standard with OS 10.7.5 and on the Alert Sounds list in System Preferences. I activated all of them in squence and none reproduced the crunching sound, which occurs invariably when moving a new item into the trash.  Perhaps this additional observation is significant.  Since emptying the Trash is a Finder (System) function, it has been my assumption that the problem is something related to the OS and not to an application or other add-on.  Any other thoughts?

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