Создай файл php. И добавь в него нижеприведенный код. Запусти, произнеси "Кыш злосчастные знаки" и они уйдут.
<?php
// Tell me the root folder path.
// You can also try this one
// $HOME = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"];
// Or this
// dirname(__FILE__)
$HOME = dirname(__FILE__);

// Is this a Windows host ? If it is, change this line to $WIN = 1;
$WIN = 0;

// That's all I need
?>

UTF8 BOM FINDER and REMOVER

body { font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #FFF; color: #000; }
.FOUND { color: #F30; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; }

<?php
$BOMBED = array();
RecursiveFolder($HOME);
echo '

These files had UTF8 BOM, but i cleaned them:

';
foreach ($BOMBED as $utf) { echo $utf ."
\n"; }
echo '';

// Recursive finder
function RecursiveFolder($sHOME) {
global $BOMBED, $WIN;

$win32 = ($WIN == 1) ? "\\" : "/";

$folder = dir($sHOME);

$foundfolders = array();
while ($file = $folder->read()) {
if($file != "." and $file != "..") {
if(filetype($sHOME . $win32 . $file) == "dir"){
$foundfolders[count($foundfolders)] = $sHOME . $win32 . $file;
} else {
$content = file_get_contents($sHOME . $win32 . $file);
$BOM = SearchBOM($content);
if ($BOM) {
$BOMBED[count($BOMBED)] = $sHOME . $win32 . $file;

// Remove first three chars from the file
$content = substr($content,3);
// Write to file
file_put_contents($sHOME . $win32 . $file, $content);
}
}
}
}
$folder->close();

if(count($foundfolders) > 0) {
foreach ($foundfolders as $folder) {
RecursiveFolder($folder, $win32);
}
}
}

// Searching for BOM in files
function SearchBOM($string) {
if(substr($string,0,3) == pack("CCC",0xef,0xbb,0xbf)) return true;
return false;
}
?>