All my .mov and DV changed into these wierd files ive never heard of Before.

Did my computer get infected with some wierd virus? the files are named some bizarre binary code EXAMPLE:
þü-¤é¯à.±Œ© date modified reads as dec 31st 1903 1:30 PM it says it is zero kb for file size and kind says ALIAS...
Very strange all the files have a different wierd binary language and the modified dates are all dec 31st 1903.. 57 files have been affected.. they were all .MOV files or DV files before...this incident..now they dont work and are not recognized by finder..when i go to "get info" the dialog box appears for a half a second then dissapears..

Hi Gary, is this the biit drive?
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

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