Random alert sound

Hi there,
I have had a macbook since last June and I recently (about a month ago) started to get this weird alert sound that pops up every now and then, without being related to anything apparent because sometimes I am not using the computer and it starts anyway. I tried shutting down the alerts in the system preferences but it doesn't work. I also shut down all the sound from all the application that I use (ICal, Messenger, Skype, etc.) but it still pops. Sometimes it can do it 3-4 times in a 2-minute frame and other times I can go a few hours without hearing it.
I should add that it is really an alert sound because I tried changing the sound in the preferences for another one and it's the new one that pops out now...
I would greatly appreciate if someone could give me a heads up as of what is going on and, hopefully a fix, because it's driving me crazy.
Thank you!

If it only occurs very occasionally, I really wouldn't worry about it. Perhaps you can take a look at Console and see if there's anything in the system log at the time it happens. As far as I know, it's not a known problem.

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