Metabolix
commented
8 months ago You are correct in that the file name is some data interpreted as UCS-2. However, the file is unfortunately needed to avoid certain errors, as explained in commit a44b929.
I hadn't checked the translation. I now googled the characters:
- WI = U+4957 = 䥗 = a branding-iron, to solder.
- ND = U+444E = 䑎 = soup of pig's intestines, meat soup; meat broth.
- OW = U+574F = 坏 = rotten, spoilt, bad, broken down.
Funny characters for WINDOWS. 😄
When I was in my EFI partition I noticed this file in the HackBGRT folder. I translated it and it means "bad". I doubt this is intentional...I imagine it's just some random characters being interpreted as unicode... and this is all just a coincidence. I would imagine it is a randomly generated file or something, or perhaps I have a problem with my filesystem. I found it was just one of the efi-signed applications. Still, could definitely scare some users into thinking this is malware.