First of all my computer probably has a million viruses in it but im planning on 
reformatting soon. But i dont think it has anything to do with this. Whenever i save 
a text file in notepad with the phrase "Four score and seven years" and open it back 
up, it's replaced with chinese characters. No other phrase does it. The file is the 
same size before and after. 

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re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 12:07 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) The virus is doing that. Only affects Notepad or also WordPad (plain text files)? Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 12:30 pm Posted by Cam (4178 messages posted) XP OPERATING SYSTEM Me too... 潆 牵 猠 潣 敲 愠 摮 猠 癥 湥 礠 慥 獲 ... I wonder why Grasshopper? The Gettysburgh Address. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Would it have read better if it had said, "Four score and seven years ago our Fathers brought forth upon this World a new World order, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal." But is that the truth? Are all men and women created equal? If so then why is there religious persecution? If there were no religions, and only science, then religions could not persecute each other and scientists would agree not to do so. Mac TIME IS DIVISIBLE BY THE NUMBER OF IDIOTS YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 12:33 pm Posted by Paulina (3264 messages posted) It's not a virus - I just tried it here on a few machines and it does exactly the same !! And these definitely don't have a virus or any infections ..... Paulina [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 12:49 pm Posted by Cam (4178 messages posted) XP OPERATING SYSTEM But it doesn't do it here. "Four score and seven years" Mac TIME IS DIVISIBLE BY THE NUMBER OF IDIOTS YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 12:50 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 12:59 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys Very interesting! I will try it. I have Windows 3.0, 3.11fw, 1.01, 95OSR2.0, 98SE, NT3.1, XP Home and XP Pro. I will try in each of them. I think it will affect Notepad, Wordpad, and other applications because it probably is a ?bug? in the Win32 (and Win64 and Windows?) API. Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 1:06 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys If the Big Brother Bill would read this text, would fix this ?bug? releasing WinXP SP3, Win2K SP5 and Win2K3 SP2. And Windows Vista Beta 2. Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 1:16 pm Posted by Andrew (21 messages posted) yea this is really strange. And to answer your question it only does it with plain text files. Someone should see this. Whats wierd is i was just copying something online. Funny that they didnt catch this. On Monday, August 15, 2005 at 1:06 pm, IJM-00 wrote: >If the Big Brother Bill would read this text, would fix this ?bug? releasing WinXP >SP3, Win2K SP5 and Win2K3 SP2. And Windows Vista Beta 2. > Falcon's >Malware Removal instructions Microsoft >Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 1:20 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys Pure Evilness. ;-) Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] Pure Evilness Monday, August 15, 2005 at 1:23 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys After all, I'm sure it's nothing personal. ;) I think the so-called "bug" is in Kernel32.dll or NTDLL.DLL or User32.dll. (if NTDLL.DLL, probably a Rtl function) If not, then it is in Notepad.exe. I don't know if MS Word and WordPad .txt files have the same issue, but if they have it, one of the 3 DLLs is "designed" to cause that problem. Ah, GDI32.DLL could be the source, too. Or MSVCRT.DLL and other MS VC/VC++ runtime libraries. Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Pure Evilness Monday, August 15, 2005 at 4:05 pm Posted by Jean Rosenfeld (263 messages posted) If you put it in quotes it doesn't do it. Without quotes it does. On Monday, August 15, 2005 at 1:23 pm, IJM-00 wrote: >Windows XP Powertoys >After all, I'm sure it's nothing personal. ;) I think the so-called "bug" is in Kernel32.dll >or NTDLL.DLL or User32.dll. (if NTDLL.DLL, probably a Rtl function) If not, then >it is in Notepad.exe. I don't know if MS Word and WordPad .txt files have the same >issue, but if they have it, one of the 3 DLLs is "designed" to cause that problem. >Ah, GDI32.DLL could be the source, too. Or MSVCRT.DLL and other MS VC/VC++ runtime >libraries. > Falcon's >Malware Removal instructions Microsoft >Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Pure Evilness Monday, August 15, 2005 at 4:09 pm Posted by Jean Rosenfeld (263 messages posted) Actually, just the start of the phrase: four score and shows up in Chinese. Just four score doesn't On Monday, August 15, 2005 at 4:05 pm, Jean Rosenfeld wrote: >If you put it in quotes it doesn't do it. Without quotes it does. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Pure Evilness Monday, August 15, 2005 at 4:12 pm Posted by Jean Rosenfeld (263 messages posted) I have also found that if you open the file that has the Chinese characters, delete, retype the phrase, save, close, open, then it is in English! Or, if you type the same phrase on the line below the Chinese, that saves in English. On Monday, August 15, 2005 at 4:09 pm, Jean Rosenfeld wrote: >Actually, just the start of the phrase: > >four score and > >shows up in Chinese. > >Just four score doesn't > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Pure Evilness Monday, August 15, 2005 at 5:31 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys Mozilla Firefox I will isolate Notepad.exe to run it under Linux - WINE. If Notepad is the bad guy, then it will do the same thing using the WINE core files instead of Win32 core files. If it doesn't do the same thing, then my theories about Windows evilness will become real. Also, I will take look inside these .DLLs and .EXEs using a Hex editor and a Resource Editor. Good idea. Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 6:03 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Joe's List / Falcon's cleanup Only happens with notepad. If you look at the same file with Word, WordPad or any other editor, the data is there exactly as it should be, very, very wierd indeed. Repair install WinXP / Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Pure Evilness Monday, August 15, 2005 at 6:03 pm Posted by Andrew (21 messages posted) I used a different text editor from http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html and it does the same thing. On Monday, August 15, 2005 at 5:31 pm, IJM-00 wrote: >Windows XP Powertoys >Mozilla Firefox >I will isolate Notepad.exe to run it under Linux - WINE. If Notepad is the bad guy, >then it will do the same thing using the WINE core files instead of Win32 core files. >If it doesn't do the same thing, then my theories about Windows evilness will become >real. Also, I will take look inside these .DLLs and .EXEs using a Hex editor and >a Resource Editor. Good idea. > Falcon's >Malware Removal instructions Microsoft >Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Monday, August 15, 2005 at 6:06 pm Posted by Andrew (21 messages posted) Try saving it as a txt file from word. It does the same thing. Only when you save it as a formatted file it's ok. Also, when you change it back to "four score and seven years ago" and save it again, the size of the file is different, more than it should be. On Monday, August 15, 2005 at 6:03 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote: > >Joe's List / >Falcon's cleanup >Only happens with notepad. If you look at the same file with Word, WordPad or any >other editor, the data is there exactly as it should be, very, very wierd indeed. > >Repair install WinXP / >Clean install WinXP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Pure Evilness Monday, August 15, 2005 at 6:14 pm Posted by Wildcat (1314 messages posted) Windows XP Powertoys Mozilla Firefox Ah. So the fault is in the Win32 core DLLs. Well it may be Microsoft Bob 2.01 embedded in Win32k.sys or in another file of the Win32 core. I will take a look to the Win32 heart soon. I don't have enough time yet. But the source of this problem must be published! Windows 95OSR2.5/98+/2K+ are pure evilness. Falcon's Malware Removal instructions Microsoft Knowledge Base Search Everest Home Edition [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Pure Evilness Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 12:43 am Posted by Cam (4178 messages posted) XP OPERATING SYSTEM Four score years and seven Not on the forum though. Mac TIME IS DIVISIBLE BY THE NUMBER OF IDIOTS YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: strange bug with text files Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 12:56 am Posted by Cam (4178 messages posted) XP OPERATING SYSTEM If everyone on the planet were Buddhist they would all be equal, that is probably why it is in Chinese. Doesn't prevent Grasshopper syndrome though. Nor does it prevent the possibility of a pestilence. Mac TIME IS DIVISIBLE BY THE NUMBER OF IDIOTS YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum