Police Siren in the background

There was a previous thread that had been previously posted but now has been locked to presenting any additional solutions. So this is actually an additional solution, not a question to the police siren running in the background.
I have a Gateway Laptop running Win 7(64bit) with a AMD Athlon II Dual Core M300(Caspian) with a WiFi connection. It is about 2 years old. Three weeks ago I reformatted my HD and reinstalled everything. I started noticing the police like siren in the background that started about a minute after I booted up my computer that would go for about 15-30 seconds and then quit. It would do it again approx every 30 miinutes, regardless whether I had any programs, browsers, etc open or closed. I ran virus programs, registry programs, and other malware apps. It still continued. Yesterday I opened the volume mixer (Right click on the volume icon and choose open volume mixer). I noticed a slider control Which I hadn't seen before: mpg123. I waited till the siren went off again and clicked on the mute for that slider and it stopped. I then started to think of any programs which were on my computer that might have that siren sound associated with it. I then remembered that I had the Prey open source antitheft program, one of the ones that I had re-installed. I went to my
programs menu and selected the 'configure prey' option. When the Prey Congigurator Menu opened I selected the 'Manage Prey
Settings' option and next. I made sure the 'Wifi autoconnect' option was checked and hit apply. It said successful. I
waited for an hour and heard no more siren. I then went back to the volume mixer and noticed that the mpg123 slider was no
longer there. Of course, it probably had disappeared after I had reconfigured the Prey settings. So far the siren has no longer returned.

Thank you for that information.
I searched this questions forum and found "siren noise" mentioned 158 times, so I don't know which thread that are referring to as "a previous thread".
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    I'm using Openbox and urxvt terminal and I was experimenting with running one urxvt pseudo-transparent in the background like in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ope … background. So I created new name "RootURxvt" in my .Xdefaults file:
    RootURxvt.scrollBar: false
    RootURxvt.transparent: true
    RootURxvt.geometry: 80x24
    the rest of my .Xdefaults reagarding urxvt:
    URxvt.buffered: true
    URxvt.geometry: 85x24
    URxvt.transparent: false
    URxvt.background: black
    URxvt.foreground: gray90
    URxvt.cursorColor: green
    URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
    URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
    URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
    URxvt.font: -*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2
    URxvt.boldFont: -*-fixed-bold-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2
    URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
    Then I put the appropriate entry to the .config/openbox/rc.xml
    <application name="RootURxvt">
    <decor>no</decor>
    <focus>yes</focus>
    <position>
    <x>0</x>
    <y>0</y>
    </position>
    <desktop>all</desktop>
    <maximized>false</maximized>
    <skip_taskbar>true</skip_taskbar>
    <layer>below</layer>
    </application>
    This is the rest of my rc.xml
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!-- Do not edit this file, it will be overwritten on install.
    Copy the file to $HOME/.config/openbox/ instead. -->
    <openbox_config xmlns="http://openbox.org/3.4/rc">
    <resistance>
    <strength>10</strength>
    <screen_edge_strength>20</screen_edge_strength>
    </resistance>
    <focus>
    <focusNew>no</focusNew>
    <!-- always try to focus new windows when they appear. other rules do
    apply -->
    <followMouse>no</followMouse>
    <!-- move focus to a window when you move the mouse into it -->
    <focusLast>yes</focusLast>
    <!-- focus the last used window when changing desktops, instead of the one
    under the mouse pointer. when followMouse is enabled -->
    <underMouse>no</underMouse>
    <!-- move focus under the mouse, even when the mouse is not moving -->
    <focusDelay>200</focusDelay>
    <!-- when followMouse is enabled, the mouse must be inside the window for
    this many milliseconds (1000 = 1 sec) before moving focus to it -->
    <raiseOnFocus>no</raiseOnFocus>
    <!-- when followMouse is enabled, and a window is given focus by moving the
    mouse into it, also raise the window -->
    </focus>
    <placement>
    <policy>Smart</policy>
    <!-- 'Smart' or 'UnderMouse' -->
    <center>yes</center>
    <!-- whether to place windows in the center of the free area found or
    the top left corner -->
    <monitor>Active</monitor>
    <!-- with Smart placement on a multi-monitor system, try to place new windows
    on: 'Any' - any monitor, 'Mouse' - where the mouse is, 'Active' - where
    the active window is -->
    </placement>
    <theme>
    <name>Carbon</name>
    <titleLayout>NLIMC</titleLayout>
    <!--
    available characters are NDSLIMC, each can occur at most once.
    N: window icon
    L: window label (AKA title).
    I: iconify
    M: maximize
    C: close
    S: shade (roll up/down)
    D: omnipresent (on all desktops).
    -->
    <keepBorder>no</keepBorder>
    <animateIconify>no</animateIconify>
    <font place="ActiveWindow">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>8</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>bold</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
    </font>
    <font place="InactiveWindow">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>8</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>bold</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
    </font>
    <font place="MenuHeader">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>9</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>normal</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
    </font>
    <font place="MenuItem">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>9</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>normal</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
    </font>
    <font place="OnScreenDisplay">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>9</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>bold</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
    </font>
    </theme>
    <desktops>
    <!-- this stuff is only used at startup, pagers allow you to change them
    during a session
    these are default values to use when other ones are not already set
    by other applications, or saved in your session
    use obconf if you want to change these without having to log out
    and back in -->
    <number>4</number>
    <firstdesk>1</firstdesk>
    <names>
    <name>1</name>
    <name>2</name>
    <name>3</name>
    <name>4</name>
    </names>
    <popupTime>875</popupTime>
    <!-- The number of milliseconds to show the popup for when switching
    desktops. Set this to 0 to disable the popup. -->
    </desktops>
    <resize>
    <drawContents>yes</drawContents>
    <popupShow>Always</popupShow>
    <!-- 'Always', 'Never', or 'Nonpixel' (xterms and such) -->
    <popupPosition>Center</popupPosition>
    <!-- 'Center', 'Top', or 'Fixed' -->
    <popupFixedPosition>
    <!-- these are used if popupPosition is set to 'Fixed' -->
    <x>10</x>
    <!-- positive number for distance from left edge, negative number for
    distance from right edge, or 'Center' -->
    <y>10</y>
    <!-- positive number for distance from top edge, negative number for
    distance from bottom edge, or 'Center' -->
    </popupFixedPosition>
    </resize>
    <!-- You can reserve a portion of your screen where windows will not cover when
    they are maximized, or when they are initially placed.
    Many programs reserve space automatically, but you can use this in other
    cases. -->
    <margins>
    <top>0</top>
    <bottom>0</bottom>
    <left>0</left>
    <right>0</right>
    </margins>
    <dock>
    <position>TopRight</position>
    <!-- (Top|Bottom)(Left|Right|)|Top|Bottom|Left|Right|Floating -->
    <floatingX>0</floatingX>
    <floatingY>0</floatingY>
    <noStrut>yes</noStrut>
    <stacking>Above</stacking>
    <!-- 'Above', 'Normal', or 'Below' -->
    <direction>Vertical</direction>
    <!-- 'Vertical' or 'Horizontal' -->
    <autoHide>no</autoHide>
    <hideDelay>300</hideDelay>
    <!-- in milliseconds (1000 = 1 second) -->
    <showDelay>300</showDelay>
    <!-- in milliseconds (1000 = 1 second) -->
    <moveButton>Middle</moveButton>
    <!-- 'Left', 'Middle', 'Right' -->
    </dock>
    <keyboard>
    <chainQuitKey>C-g</chainQuitKey>
    <!-- Keybindings for desktop switching -->
    <keybind key="C-W-Left">
    <action name="DesktopLeft">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="C-W-Right">
    <action name="DesktopRight">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="C-W-Up">
    <action name="DesktopUp">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="C-W-Down">
    <action name="DesktopDown">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="S-W-Left">
    <action name="SendToDesktopLeft">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="S-W-Right">
    <action name="SendToDesktopRight">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="S-W-Up">
    <action name="SendToDesktopUp">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="S-W-Down">
    <action name="SendToDesktopDown">
    <dialog>no</dialog>
    <wrap>no</wrap>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="W-F1">
    <action name="Desktop">
    <desktop>1</desktop>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="W-F2">
    <action name="Desktop">
    <desktop>2</desktop>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="W-F3">
    <action name="Desktop">
    <desktop>3</desktop>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="W-F4">
    <action name="Desktop">
    <desktop>4</desktop>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="W-d">
    <action name="ToggleShowDesktop"/>
    </keybind>
    <!-- Keybindings for windows -->
    <keybind key="W-c">
    <action name="Close"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="A-Escape">
    <action name="Lower"/>
    <action name="FocusToBottom"/>
    <action name="Unfocus"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="W-space">
    <action name="ShowMenu">
    <menu>client-menu</menu>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <!-- Keybindings for window switching -->
    <keybind key="A-Tab">
    <action name="NextWindow"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="A-S-Tab">
    <action name="PreviousWindow"/>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="C-A-Tab">
    <action name="NextWindow">
    <panels>yes</panels>
    <desktop>yes</desktop>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <!-- Keybindings for running applications -->
    <keybind key="W-u">
    <action name="Execute">
    <startupnotify>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <name>urxvt</name>
    </startupnotify>
    <command>urxvt</command>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="W-o">
    <action name="Execute">
    <startupnotify>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <name>opera</name>
    </startupnotify>
    <command>opera</command>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="C-W-l">
    <action name="Execute">
    <startupnotify>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <name>lock</name>
    </startupnotify>
    <command>xscreensaver-command -lock</command>
    </action>
    </keybind>
    </keyboard>
    <mouse>
    <dragThreshold>8</dragThreshold>
    <!-- number of pixels the mouse must move before a drag begins -->
    <doubleClickTime>200</doubleClickTime>
    <!-- in milliseconds (1000 = 1 second) -->
    <screenEdgeWarpTime>400</screenEdgeWarpTime>
    <!-- Time before changing desktops when the pointer touches the edge of the
    screen while moving a window, in milliseconds (1000 = 1 second).
    Set this to 0 to disable warping -->
    <context name="Frame">
    <mousebind button="A-Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Left" action="Click">
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Move"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Right" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Right" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Middle" action="Press">
    <action name="Lower"/>
    <action name="FocusToBottom"/>
    <action name="Unfocus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Up" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Down" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="C-A-Up" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="C-A-Down" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-S-Up" action="Click">
    <action name="SendToDesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-S-Down" action="Click">
    <action name="SendToDesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="Titlebar">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Move"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="DoubleClick">
    <action name="ToggleMaximizeFull"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
    <action name="Lower"/>
    <action name="FocusToBottom"/>
    <action name="Unfocus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
    <action name="Shade"/>
    <action name="FocusToBottom"/>
    <action name="Unfocus"/>
    <action name="Lower"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="ShowMenu">
    <menu>client-menu</menu>
    </action>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="Top">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize">
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    </action>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="Left">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize">
    <edge>left</edge>
    </action>
    </mousebind>
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    <context name="Right">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize">
    <edge>right</edge>
    </action>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="Bottom">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize">
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    </action>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
    <action name="Lower"/>
    <action name="FocusToBottom"/>
    <action name="Unfocus"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="ShowMenu">
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    </action>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="BLCorner">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
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    <context name="BRCorner">
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    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
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    <context name="TLCorner">
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    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize"/>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="TRCorner">
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    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
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    <mousebind button="Left" action="Drag">
    <action name="Resize"/>
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    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
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    <action name="Raise"/>
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    <context name="Icon">
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    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    <action name="ShowMenu">
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    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
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    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="ShowMenu">
    <menu>client-menu</menu>
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    <context name="AllDesktops">
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    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
    <action name="ToggleOmnipresent"/>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="Shade">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
    <action name="ToggleShade"/>
    </mousebind>
    </context>
    <context name="Iconify">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
    <action name="Iconify"/>
    </mousebind>
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    <context name="Maximize">
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
    <action name="ToggleMaximizeFull"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Middle" action="Click">
    <action name="ToggleMaximizeVert"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Click">
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    <context name="Close">
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    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    <action name="Unshade"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Click">
    <action name="Close"/>
    </mousebind>
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    <context name="Desktop">
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    <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
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    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Up" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Down" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="C-A-Up" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="C-A-Down" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Left" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
    <action name="Focus"/>
    <action name="Raise"/>
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    </action>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Right" action="Press">
    <action name="ShowMenu">
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    <mousebind button="Up" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="Down" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Up" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopPrevious"/>
    </mousebind>
    <mousebind button="A-Down" action="Click">
    <action name="DesktopNext"/>
    </mousebind>
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    the similar thing is in the post #12 of this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45382 but only with geometry settings.

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