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MTTrapd probe logs warning messages - Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode

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Question

What causes the MTTrapd probe to log lots of 'Invalid character 0xNN found when converting to Unicode' warning messages?
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x82 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x84 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x86 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x88 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x8a found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x82 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x84 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x86 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x88 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x80 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0xe3 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x81 found when converting to Unicode.
Warning: W-ETC-102-003: Invalid character 0x8a found when converting to Unicode.

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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