Microphone auto muting and the levels go down to zero

Anonymous
2014-11-04T03:18:40+00:00

Hello all.

I have come upon a recent issue with my computer. My microphone automutes itself , and the levels go down to zero as well. Even if I manually adjust levels to 100 and unmute it resets and automutes again after a short time ( less than a minute ). I have not updated drivers but I cannot see them being the issue because I had zero issues yesterday why would the problem begin today I did not update or install any new programs. I have tried another mic plugged in through the standard jack and it does the same thing. My mic is a logitech webcam USB. Any suggestions? I cant seem to find any solutions on the web other than the obvious " Oh unmute it" .

I feel this is a windows 7 issue and this is why I have come here.

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Anonymous
2016-10-13T19:08:30+00:00

Hey, 

I made a video on how to fix this issue. 

You can watch the video here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xQMlZEyr0

Hope that it helps!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-21T06:01:00+00:00

    I could not open Malware bytes but I noticed that the mike problem went away when my computer was disconnected from the internet.  So I disconnected from the internet and then I could open Malwarebytes program and it fixed the problem.

    Now after many weeks I am a happy computer owner.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T20:40:56+00:00

    I didn't even run it in Safe mode.  And I now have Malwarebytes and McAfee running.  Even since then it has found a "rootkit" malware, and I try to be safe about stuff I am downloading, usually just programs or updates to programs. But it fixed it!

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T19:06:39+00:00

    That solution worked or me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-20T18:49:51+00:00

    I hear running Malwarebytes with the computer in safe mode will fix the problem .  It is a virus.

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