Corrupt .DAT file links me to BBCnews

[Mansin]

My friend had a corrup dat he sent me that i've uploaded as a .txt file. Quoting a small part of it:

INDX(ink>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/entertainment/7644037.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7644037.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:34:53 GMT</pubDate><category>Entertainment</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45064000/jpg/_45064619_miller_pa66i.jpg"/></item><item><title>Fighting the scourge of scareware</title><description>Microsoft joins law enforcement to sue "scareware" merchants who frighten people into buying unnecessary software for fake security fixes.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7645420.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7645420.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:16:24 GMT</pubDate><category>Technology</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45066000/jpg/_45066942_scareware-66.jpg"/></item><item><title>Send your video, pictures and story ideas</title><description>Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/talking_point/your_news/7593687.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/your_news/7593687.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:27:28 GMT</pubDate><category>Your News</category></item></channel></rss> \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ N T D L L . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ K E R N E L 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ U N I C O D E . N L S \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ L O C A L E . N L S \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ S O R T T B L S . N L S \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ T E M P \ S Y M L C S V 1 . E X E \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ O L E 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ A D V A P I 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ R P C R T 4 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ S E C U R 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ G D I 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ U S E R 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ M S V C R T . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ I M M 3 2 . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ L P K . D L L \ D E V I C E \ H A R D D I S K V O L U M E 1 \ W I N D O W S \ S Y S T E M 3 2 \ U S P 1 0 .

Does anyone have any idea what the hell this is? He did a file check and it came up corrupt, so he repaired. Then he tried to log in and couldn't. File checked again and it's still corrupt. I sent him back a copy of my 5.dat, but now I'm curious.

[Kohan]

Just looks like what it said it was: a corrupt file. Data from another file (probably some webpage stored in their browser's cache) was mixed in with this one, but the file check read its header and believed it was the original, so it didn't replace it.

If their virus and spyware scanners say everything is clean, and replacing the DAT fixes the problem, I would not worry about it.

[Niiro]

Clearly BBCnews is trying to hack your friend's account.