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In latest email of "This weeks most popular tips & articles", when I click on link for article "How to remove computer viruses at home for free" I get unreadable gibberish. A full page with lots of random characters.

Can't figure it out. Using Windows 7 Home Premium and same thing happens using IE or FF browsers.

Aibek
2010-04-29 08:24:00
Hi Ernest, We had a temporary issue couple of days ago that might have caused it but even than it was for a very short time. Do you still notice this? Does it disappear when you refresh the page using 'Ctrl + F5' combination.Let me know,Aibek
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Ernest Maso
2010-04-30 14:27:00
Thanks for the help folks. Aibek, it still came up unreadable, but was ok after the refresh. Thanks again. Ernie
Aibek
2010-04-30 17:09:00
Glad you sort it out. Let us know in case you notice anything weird again.
Saikat Basu
2010-04-29 06:06:00
It could also be a corrupted font issue. Go to your Fonts folder via Control Panel. Arrange it in the Detail view. Delete any font that's showing a size of zero . Or you can also remove them to a different folder elsewhere.
Jack Cola
2010-04-28 23:38:00
It looks like an encoding issue or you don't have the necessary fonts installed. Apart from that, I am not sure how to fix it.You might want to read these links to understand more:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicodehttp://www.technologyquestions.com/technology/internet-explorer/112046-ie7-w-vista-problem-font-text-encoding.html