"Sounds" like someone is taking a snapshot of g5 without my permission

Hi There,
I'm concerned I'm being hacked because from time to time I hear the sound of a camera lens shutter.
Is there a way of detecting if there has been activity?
Any advice or help will be much appreciated.
Kindest regards
Rob Slaney

Sorry, Console is in Applications>Utilities, run that and watch the System & Console Logs around the time of the click.
But if you don't have an iSight or Camera hooked up, then the Sound is likely a Hard drive going bad, or a Fan, or...
If you wish to check further on the Hacking possibility, (doesn't sound like it to me, but), might look into this...
Flying Buttress/Brickhouse...
http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/downloads.html

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