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Q: finder corrupt? - Strange characters in menu

I restarted my computer because it felt bogged down. Upon re-start I can no longer open Word, Excel etc...I have 2004 copies. I can re-install or upgrade. But the real strange thing is that my finder how shows items like this in the menu:

 

Under File L1,

 

Edit Menu -  ME13, ME6, ME1 (all with shortcuts like AppleZ)

 

Other menus have the same pecularities...

 

Then on the Dock if I right click on the finder it says: N80, N81, N82, N83, N84

 

Is my Finder corrupted? How do I get rid of this? It doesn't seem to effect anything else but is worrisome. Thanks.

iMac 2.6GHZ Intel, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Sep 30, 2011 12:25 PM

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  • by mudpize,

    mudpize mudpize Oct 5, 2011 4:14 PM in response to mudpize
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    Oct 5, 2011 4:14 PM in response to mudpize

    Fixed it! Hooray! I had a moment of panic there. When I logged back in the screen was empty. had to restart. Can you give me directions on where to upload these files please and then I want to get rid of them.

     

    Also, is it fairly certain this came in through a bogus flash site as I read in the other thread? This makes sense to me now as I recently upgraded Firefox and there were several things I clicked afterwards that popped up and I believe one was Flash.

     

    Thanks for all your help!

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Oct 5, 2011 4:32 PM in response to mudpize
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    Oct 5, 2011 4:32 PM in response to mudpize

    mudpize wrote:

     

    Fixed it! Hooray! I had a moment of panic there. When I logged back in the screen was empty. had to restart. Can you give me directions on where to upload these files please and then I want to get rid of them.

    Sure.  Based on what Linc just told me, you can leave out the "swlog" file as it will vary with each installation. I think the best approach may be to zip the four remaining files together and explain that in the remarks.

     

    The first is a community site, VirusTotal. In the remarks section explain that it's what was installed by the OSX.FlashBack Trojan.

     

    The second is the one ClamXav uses, clamav. They request that you don't download more than two files a day, but I would ignore that since they are a package. Again explain that they are the files installed by the OSX.Flashback Trojan and include the keyword "macos".

    Also, is it fairly certain this came in through a bogus flash site as I read in the other thread? This makes sense to me now as I recently upgraded Firefox and there were several things I clicked afterwards that popped up and I believe one was Flash.

    It probably looked like the site described here Flashback Trojan Spreading; Mac Users Should Be Wary of Flash Installers.

  • by mudpize,

    mudpize mudpize Oct 5, 2011 4:57 PM in response to MadMacs0
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    Oct 5, 2011 4:57 PM in response to MadMacs0

    Done. I've uploaded and submitted. The files are now trashed. Thank you!

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Oct 5, 2011 5:07 PM in response to mudpize
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    Oct 5, 2011 5:07 PM in response to mudpize

    mudpize wrote:

     

    Done. I've uploaded and submitted. The files are now trashed. Thank you

    And thank you for your help.

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