Streamed videos that cause crashes preceded by strange 'scratching' noise

I sometimes hear an odd scratching sound on my MacBook while watching a streamed video on the Internet. This inevitably signals a crash about to happen -- which then occurs so immediately that I rarely have time to abort the video before it does.
I am wondering what exactly is going on with that scratching sound.
Is it just something akin to 'static' or 'feedback' from a poorly-produced video? Even if it is, why would that cause (or signal) a crash?
Could anything in the video (including any rogue elements put into the video stream by a hacker, etc.) be doing any harm to the MacBook hard drive or other hardware?
I'm pretty sure I've had this happen both in Safari and Firefox, so I don't think it's browser-related.
Thanks.

BDAqua wrote:
Hi, without a link to one that does that, it's impossible to tell much... might be trying to do some sound it can't.
What format are these viudeos... wmv, Flash, etc.?
I'm not sure about the format. I guess I could keep an eye out for 'the next time' and note the URL.
I'm not really concerned about the crashes, just the scratching sound. I thought someone here might know +*whether streamed content can do anything harmful to the hardware of the computer it's being viewed on*+. That's my main concern.
BTW, this happens only in the circumstances I've descrived -- i.e., with those videos that produce that scratching sound and then cause my computer to crash. It's not a sound I ever hear otherwise.
Thanks for your reply.

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