Virus? Cam light keeps coming on

I have a WebCam5.
For past few days my cam light keeps coming on, as if the cam was in use, followed by a warning 'beep' that i can't seem to find a reason for.
The web cam control panel does not start, but this is still concerning to have the 'cam on' light turning on and off by itself.
I thought it may be a virus, but i have run my norton virus checker, adware checkers, deleted the cam software and reinstalled it......nothing seems to work.... it has never done this in the few years that i have had it.
any ideas..........

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