[thelist] Files being overwritten by encrypted garbage

Jill Chmielewski jeeell@hotmail.com
Mon Jul 23 15:15:46 2001


Hi :)

I am running a Win2K server with IIS 5.0 and files keep getting overwritten 
by encrypted garbage and some of them lose all their size going down to 0 
KB.

Here's an example of the code from an overwritten .html file:

INDX( 	 %1E.    .       (   .  .      . . r ..   f           ɑ    . h X  
        . A.0P-.}|..cB..0.      /.              ..d e v 
i o u s . w a v ʑ    . p Z         . T.B.WG-....cB..0.   
    /.              ..d i f f r n c e . w a v       ˑ    . p Z         . 
.B.`j-.X..cB..0.      /.              ..d i r e p e r l . 
w a v       ̑    . p Z         . p%B.;-.g..cB..0.      
/.              ..d o n t c o m p . w a v       ͑    . h T         . 
@3B.T-...cB..0.      /.              	.d o u b t . w a v  
    Α    . p Z         .  .BB.ߔ-."+˓..cB..0.      /.       
        ..d r e a d f u l . w a v       ϑ    . p Z         .  
tPB.	-.P...ZcB..0.      /.              ..d s n t c o m p . w 
a v       Б    . h X         . YB. -.F(	...ZcB..0.      /. 
              ..d u l l j o b . w a v ё    . h V         . AhB. 
.-.M/...ZcB..0.      /.
.d u . e s s . w a v   ґ    . h V         . 
vB.M4-.j%G...ZcB..0.      /.
.e n e r g y . w a v   ӑ    . p Z         . B. 
s:-.^...ZcB..0.      /.              ..e v i l c o n t . w a v     
   ԑ    . p Z         . `ؐB.-."...ZcB..0.      /.        
       ..e x c u s e m e . w a v       Ց    . p Z         . 
@B.@*b-..H...ZcB..0.      /.              ..f l e s h b l d . 
w a v       ֑    . p Z         .  B..-.Ѵ...ZcB.. 0.      
/.              ..f l y n g s c r . w a v       ב    . p Z         .  
B.м-..̔..lcB..0.      /.              ..f o o l p r o f . w 
a v       ؑ    . h X         . sB.r-.2֔..lcB..0.      /. 
              ..g h a s t l y . w a v ّ    . h X         . 
ZB.@@-..
..lcB..0.      /.              ..g h o s t l y . w a v ڑ    . p Z    
      . B.P-....lcB..0.      /.              ..g o o d 
c h a r .


Could this be a virus??
Thanks for any help
Jill Chmielewski

p.s.  Running McAfee hasn't picked up any viruses.

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