Keys not registering the correct characters

My Mac Mini all of a sudden is starting to behave really unusually. When I try to type anything certain letters that I hit on the keyboard would produce a three-letter combination. For example when I type the period character on the keyboard, instead of getting (.), I would end up with (.o9) I believe the letter (b) turns into (bt4).
Does anyone know how I can fix this? I tried restoring the defaults in the system preferences and that didn't seem to work.

try another keyboard and see what happens.
if you are using a wireless keyboard check your batteries and your wireless receiver for interference.

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Hey sinious,
No I am not using URLLoader(). I am using FileReference().
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Hi,
It sound like the wrong input region for the keyboard - if the @ is above the 2 it should be set to US ( the " above the 2 is UK ). See the guide below.
http://www.howtogeek.com/121169/how-to-change-your-keyboard-layout-in-windows-8/
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target__id          NUMBER(10),
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