UTF-8 character problem in /etc/rc.conf

[bds]

hi all --
i had a bizarre occurrence this evening - shut down the laptop at work, came home & on booting ran into a strange problem. something altered my rc.conf file (not me, i promise) to the following:

119 ifconfig_wlan0="WPA"
120 ifconfig_p<94>ÿÿÿ^?="`ifconfig em0 ether`"
121 ifconfig_p<94>ÿÿÿ^?="ether ${ifconfig_p<94>ÿÿÿ^?##*ether }"
122 wlans_p<94>ÿÿÿ^?="wlan0"

i'm dual-booting with the 20120605 snapshot & was able to edit the primary rc.conf back to a normal state, but does anyone have any idea how this might have occurred?

thanks!
(ps will attach photos shortly)

EDIT: here's a link to a small imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/4hURr

[kmoore134]

Odd, Did you enable the "lagg" support in the network manager GUI?

[bds]

hi Kris --

yes, that's exactly right.

cheers!