PickyBiker
Senior Member
Something is corrupting files on my computer by putting 3 unprintable bytes at the beginning of some files. The characters are unprintable and the hex values are always the same, EF, BB, and BF
There are over two hundred files like this on my system. Most of the affected files have the following extensions: .vb or .js with a few other types as well:
.scad
.h
.pyproj
.sln
.json
.sln
It is the .json file that raised the problem for me. When these characters are in the file, it causes the json file utilities to fail.
I suspect it is a virus but a few different antivirus programs avg, kaspersky, and adaware find nothing.
Ideas?
There are over two hundred files like this on my system. Most of the affected files have the following extensions: .vb or .js with a few other types as well:
.scad
.h
.pyproj
.sln
.json
.sln
It is the .json file that raised the problem for me. When these characters are in the file, it causes the json file utilities to fail.
I suspect it is a virus but a few different antivirus programs avg, kaspersky, and adaware find nothing.
Ideas?