System-wide font problem (malware?)

Hello all,
I have a brand new air here, and tried installing Microsoft Office. Since there is a 30 day trial, I tried uninstalling it.
I downloaded and used the tool from this website: http://www.fixkb.com/2011/06/completely-uninstall-microsoft-office.html
Now, my fonts are all weird. Here's a screenshot of Reddit.com: http://i.imgur.com/CN6j7.png
Here's how it is supposed to look: http://www.pronetadvertising.com/article/images/dc_redinew.png
This website is in Times: http://i.imgur.com/lojne.png
This is how it should look: http://domainsoutlook.com/cache/thumb/n/news.ycombinator.com.png
I used Cocktail and cleared all font caches on user and system. Nothing happened. Problem persists on all browsers.
Why are my fonts all screwed up?
Debbie

I found the issue.
The site I built is rendering RALEWAY from google fonts... but since i have Raleway installed in my fonts, in my font book, its using my computer to render the font rather than google fonts for some reason. I disabled my raleway font in font book and now it renders properly...

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There are some suggestions here
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I found the issue.
The site I built is rendering RALEWAY from google fonts... but since i have Raleway installed in my fonts, in my font book, its using my computer to render the font rather than google fonts for some reason. I disabled my raleway font in font book and now it renders properly...

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Hi Ghost...
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http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1462/bild1.png
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MAJOR FONT PROBLEM - GREEK FONTS - GREEK SYSTEM

Dear All
I own a G4 purchased from a local Apple Authorized reseller for greece Rainbow computers in order to be able to use Greek fonts. Recently upgraded to OSX Version 10.4.3
However I'm facing major font problems in applications such as Adobe Software i.e CS2
Greek fonts that actually work are very limited. For example in Illustrator only Myriad Pro and Lucida Grande function properly.
In Macromedia Freehand although a few more greek fonts work, they either disappear or become scrambled when I attempt to "Convert them to curves"!
This only applies to OSX Tiger. Panther seemed to be working fine for this, in Freehand.
I work as a graphic designer and it is very frustrating when I'm only limited to very few greek fonts even on a GREEK SYSTEM!!!
By the way: I tried all suggested methods on the forum such as: Greek keyboard layouts, verifying permissions, switching to System Greek Language, reinstalling Illustrator etc..
Is there anything else that i can do?
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I own a G4 purchased from a local Apple Authorized
reseller for greece Rainbow computers in order to be
able to use Greek fonts.
Generally speaking, for problems with Rainbow's stuff you need to consult Rainbow. Apple itself does not produce a localized Greek system or the special add-ons that Rainbow provides to let you use non-Unicode Greek with older apps.
However I'm facing major font problems in
applications such as Adobe Software i.e CS2
Greek fonts that actually work are very limited. For
example in Illustrator only Myriad Pro and Lucida
Grande function properly.
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In Macromedia Freehand although a few more greek
fonts work, they either disappear or become scrambled
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http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html
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Hello:
I'm having system-wide random crashes when trying to record computer screen and audio using Screenflow 5.0
Computer
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Intel Iris 1536 MB
OSX 10.10.1 (14B25)
I did the online Apple Hardware Test and everything looks ok
Any leads?
Help is appreciated
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Anonymous UUID:       E47FE6B0-9479-A72A-C505-9E4A39BF5EE5
Mon Jan 12 20:06:55 2015
*** Panic Report ***
Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000000000c07
family: 6 model: 69 stepping: 1 microcode: 23
signature: 0x40651
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4258U CPU @ 2.40GHz
7 error-reporting banks
Processor 0: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC6_STATUS(0x419): 0xbe0000000008111a
IA32_MC6_ADDR(0x41a):   0x00000000feb80080
IA32_MC6_MISC(0x41b):   0x0000007042000086
Processor 1: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC6_STATUS(0x419): 0xbe0000000008111a
IA32_MC6_ADDR(0x41a):   0x00000000feb80080
IA32_MC6_MISC(0x41b):   0x0000007042000086
Processor 2: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC6_STATUS(0x419): 0xbe0000000008111a
IA32_MC6_ADDR(0x41a):   0x00000000feb80080
IA32_MC6_MISC(0x41b):   0x0000007042000086
Processor 3: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC6_STATUS(0x419): 0xbe0000000008111a
IA32_MC6_ADDR(0x41a):   0x00000000feb80080
IA32_MC6_MISC(0x41b):   0x0000007042000086
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800da1f12a): "Machine Check at 0xffffff800da3af57, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000114a50498, CR3: 0x0000000010626000, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0\n" "RAX: 0x0000000000000060, RBX: 0x07fffffffffffb5f, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000000\n" "RSP: 0xffffff8119183ee0, RBP: 0xffffff8119183f20, RSI: 0xffffff800e0e8c40, RDI: 0xffffff800e029d60\n" "R8: 0x0000000100000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000001, R11: 0x0000000000000200\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff800e0e8fc0, R14: 0x0000000000000340, R15: 0x0000000000000060\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000000046, RIP: 0xffffff800da3af57, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.1.97/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:1 68
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff810f75de90 : 0xffffff800d93a811
0xffffff810f75df10 : 0xffffff800da1f12a
0xffffff810f75e070 : 0xffffff800da3acef
0xffffff8119183f20 : 0xffffff800da202ae
0xffffff8119183f40 : 0xffffff800d9514bb
0xffffff8119183f90 : 0xffffff800d951970
0xffffff8119183fb0 : 0xffffff800da192c7
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
14B25
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide:     0x000000000d600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800d800000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff800d700000
System model name: MacBookPro11,1 (Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 625247613175
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last unloaded kext at 113064189506: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssI2C 2.0.45 (addr 0xffffff7f8f871000, size 36864)
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All to common...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16286052#16286052
http://mac.bigresource.com/iMac-screen-has-shadow-cloud-smoke-milky-spots--9r7bv oKsp.html
Do you have extended AppleCare?

System-wide blue to purple color switch bug

I've been having a very confusing and inconsistent color issue which has persisted for years on both a PowerBook G4 and my new MacBook Pro using Panther and Tiger respectively. The MacBook is only two weeks old and still has a very clean system.
Seemingly at random blue colors will switch to purple in random places in most apps. Restarting the computer used to solve the issue, but it no longer does - I am permanently stuck with a purple color scheme (screenshots further down).
- The default unvisited link color in all apps has switched from blue to purple.
- The finder icon has switched from blue to purple in both the dock and the command-tab switcher (but the icon is the correct color when viewed inside the CoreServices folder). All other blue dock icons are unaffected.
- Some toolbar or sidebar images in most apps which were blue are now purple, but other blue icons have stayed blue.
I have screenshots just to show that I'm not imagining this. Mail and the Finder use the same drag-and-drop sidebar highlight color. However, Mail has now taken on a purple theme:
And here is the Finder icon as seen in the dock, and then as an alias in the Finder:
Here is what I have tried thus far (nothing has worked):
- Logging out and in
- Logging out and in while holding shift (safe login)
- Restarting the computer
- Restarting the computer while holding shift (safe boot)
- Repairing permissions and restarting
- Zapping the PRAM (command-option-p-r)
- Creating a new user account and logging into it
- Running daily, weekly, and monthly cron scripts using Onyx
- Deleting all caches for applications, fonts, system, and kernel
- Pulled everything out of the main Library (Macintosh HD/Library/), cleared caches, and restarted
From this I've concluded that it's probably a bug or corrupted file in the core system since safe boot, clean user accounts, and a bare library didn't fix the problem. The obvious solution would be to re-install the OS, but I'm afraid that the problem would just happen again since it has been occurring with multiple versions of the OS on two different computers.
Does anyone have any ideas?

I should add that this has been a slowly developing problem, one which is only getting worse. The first effect was a system-wide change in the default unvisited link color. Restarting the computer solved the problem whenever it would occur (about twice a day). The next to be affected was image colors, and once this happened for the first time, restarting the computer no longer fixed the problem.

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THe operating system also seems to be growing unstable with programs crashing regularly.
It seems as though some font got corrupted somewhere. Is this a VIRUS? A disk problem? Anybody got an idea? Can I restore the fonts only or do I need to reload the operating system?
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Hi, macjack and hi again, bmewolf —
I must've fallen into a rabbit hole while editing my post. Please forgive. Here's a revised version that, luckily, supplements macjack's suggestion — which I think would be a good 1st step:
Font-related issues can cause seemingly mysterious user-account or system-wide problems.
Please take a look at Mac OS X: How to troubleshoot a software issue — which summarizes a viable approach to troubleshooting many issues like this.
I also suggest that you read Dr. Smoke's "Undoing Font Book" FAQ to familiarize yourself with details about the probable context of your situation and ways to resolve it.
Summarizing ——»»
(1) Any recent changes? Have you recently installed or removed any fonts? Do you have a particularly large collection? use 3rd-party software to manage your fonts?
(2) Font Book. Is the behavior restricted to the Finder? I'm not familiar with the specific symptoms — so I can't say for sure, but...
Have you tried using Font Book?
Font Book is a utility can often solve such misbehavior — it's located in /Applications/. As is usually wise, read through Font Book Help before proceeding. In simple terms,
(a) Launch Font Book, then look in the column titled "Fonts." Any font/family denoted with a "•" beside it is duplicated — which may cause unexpected problems. Select one of these, then go to
Edit »» Resolve duplicates. Continue until they've all been resolved.
Check to see if this helps.
(b) If not, you may also want to use the File »» Validate font function.
(3) Safe Mode. If that didn't help — and check carefully after a restart — please see the KnowledgeBase Articles What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? and Starting up in Safe Mode. As you'll see from the former, booting into Safe Mode has some aspects that are unique in OS X 10.4.x Tiger — it will:
• "Disable all fonts other than those in /System/Library/Fonts
• Move to the Trash all font caches normally stored in /Library/Caches/com.apple.ATS/(uid)/ "
— in addition to the other troubleshooting steps described. Using a Safe Boot may thus be a helpful troubleshooting step for you situation.
If none of the suggestions help, please post back to discuss what you've tried and observed.
HTH!
Regards,
Dean
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