If just and only the UTF-8 BOM mark is present in the file (it means it is precisely 3 bytes long), the PSPad editor doesn't detect it like UTF-8 file and displays these strange characters with default codepage even if the UTF-8 is chosen in the Format menu.
-- Vany (PSPad 4.6.1 (2730), W7p x64 cs) <http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?4,68764,68764> PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com
