stringbob

Ditto here. However, I'm using a Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 Firewire audio processor. I also tried a Line 6 USB Audio processor with the same results. Tried adjusting the latency buffer but that did no good. Something I haven't seen mentioned is: + audio dropouts every 10 or 15 seconds. The firewire connection light goes out during the dropout for 1 to 2 seconds. + A severe audio distortion occurs, mostly on Youtube videos. This is not the typical clicking and popping, but a totally garbled, unintelligable mess. It isn't 100% like the clicking, and there's seemingly no event that starts it. It just happens.. Like everyone else, after exhaustive testing, the only culprit I found was Malwarebytes, specifically the live website blocking.