anthonyaudi Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) Has anyone ever come across a virus that will change the character set of the file?My server has an issue where I try to open certain .pdf / .xls / .xlsx / .doc /.docx and so on I get a popup window that asks me to import the character set.I have had a colleague mention that he has seen the same issue recently and he realized that it was a virus. What he said was the virus encrypts certain file extensions. I believe that this is a cause of some kind of corruption, however, I have to ask if there is a possibility that there is a virus that exists that will change the character sets of certain file extensions to render them corrupt.If there is such a virus, is there a virus removal tool or method to clean it available.Thanks!P.S. I have ran a few virus scans all of which did not find anything. Edited October 24, 2013 by anthonyaudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shayne Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Anyone?I doubt it's a virus.Maybe try reading this. I'm just grasping at straws though.http://help.lockergnome.com/office/Encoding-Error-Opening-Word--ftopict981461.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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