Files turn to zero-bytes

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Using Office 2003, Win XP SP2. Tried to open files in Word and each one I
opened turned into a zero-byte file with no characters. Word erased most
files in a directory that way.

Has anyone seen similar behavior?
 
Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded the fix and ran it 2x, didn't find
worm.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.
 
Are the files on a local hard drive, a network share, or a floppy
disk? If it's a network share, the problem could be
network-related, such as described in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=138014 (this particular
article doesn't apply to WinXP though). If it's a floppy disk,
then you shouldn't be opening Word files directly from a floppy,
because doing so will probably corrupt the files or the floppy.
Instead, copy the files to your hard drive and open the copies on
the HD.
 
Files are on hard drive, not on network or floppy. I checked today and the
number of zero byte files are spreading.
 
I honestly don't know what's going on, but you're the second
person to report this in as many days. This was a common
question a few years ago when the ExploreZip worm was released.
All of the antivirus programs recognize this worm now, so it
hasn't been a problem in more recent times.
 
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