Why vim is changing first letter to g after opening a file

Question

When I open a file, eg vim .bashrc, vim opens the file and change the first letter to g. What I see is the following:

g To the extent p         


        

Answer 1

I had the exact same problem

I found out it was a bug in my ssh client (mobaXterm).

Updating (to mobaXterm 'personal edition v9.1') resolved the issue.