File corrupted by some tools (probably virus or antivirus)- does the pattern indicate any known corruptions?
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Published on 2011-11-24T10:40:14Z
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As part of our software we install postgres(windows). In one of the customer sites, a set of files got corrupted. All files were part of timezone information(postgres/share/timezone). They are some sort of binary files.
After the corruption, they all starts with following pattern
od -tac output
$ od -tac GMT
0000000 can esc etx sub nak dle em | nl em so | o r l _
030 033 003 032 025 020 031 | \n 031 016 | o r l _
0000020 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ del 3 fs ] del del del del del
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ 377 3 034 ] 377 377 377 377 377
0000040 > ack r v s ack p soh q h r s q w h q
276 206 362 366 363 206 360 201 361 350 362 363 361 367 350 361
0000060 t r ack h eot s } v h | etx p eot ack nul }
364 362 206 350 204 363 375 366 350 374 203 360 204 206 200 375
0000100 | q t s t 8 E E E E E E E E E E
374 361 364 363 364 270 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305
0000120 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305 305
*
0000240 m ; z dc3 7 sub c can em a u 5 can d 2 B
355 ; z 023 267 232 343 230 031 a u 5 230 d 262 302
0000260 X nul y J o S - 9 ] stx soh L can 1 ! j
330 \0 y 312 o S 255 9 335 202 001 314 030 261 241 j
0000300 dle g o etb n ff em ] 9 F ' dc4 } , em $
020 g 357 227 n \f 231 ] 271 F 247 024 375 254 231 244
0000320 Q si ff L bs 2 # stx i 5 r % | | c del
Q 017 214 314 210 2 # 002 351 5 362 245 374 374 343 177
0000340 m C esc H em enq ~ X o V p / l dc3 N sp
m C 033 H 031 205 376 X o 326 360 257 l 023 N
0000360 } ) enq ( syn ! 3 s $ E z dc3 A dc3 ff P
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