What is Bud1% @ @ @ @E%DSDB` @ @ @?

Question

I have made a small app for a client. The app scans a files directory which contains several text files. It then reads each file into a string. Every file has a tit

Answer 1

OK, I found what it is. One of the Google search results pointed to this Which contains the following:

Bud1  ... @Ђ @Ђ @Ђ @E DSDB `Ђ @Ђ @Ђ @

Interestingly, the file is a .DS_Store file! I checked a few .DS_Store files and they all contained the mysterious characters. These (hidden) files are generated automatically by Mac OS X. So the client should have accessed the folder from console and caused the creation of the hidden DS_Store (remember it's an intranet).