diff --git a/src/Data/BniFileParser.cs b/src/Data/BniFileParser.cs
index 0d41c43..803110b 100644
--- a/src/Data/BniFileParser.cs
+++ b/src/Data/BniFileParser.cs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ private unsafe void Parse(Stream str)
                     throw new InvalidDataException("Only 24-bit TGA is supported.");
                 StartDescriptor descriptor = (StartDescriptor)br.ReadByte();
                 byte[] info_bytes = br.ReadBytes(infoLength);
-                Trace.WriteLine(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(info_bytes), "BNI header: information");
+                Trace.WriteLine(Encoding.Latin1.GetString(info_bytes), "BNI header: information");
 
                 int numberOfPixels = width * height;
 
diff --git a/src/Data/BniIcon.cs b/src/Data/BniIcon.cs
index 8586855..732b92d 100644
--- a/src/Data/BniIcon.cs
+++ b/src/Data/BniIcon.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ internal BniIcon(Image img, int flags, uint[] softwareList)
                 temp = code[1];
                 code[1] = code[2];
                 code[2] = temp;
-                m_softwareList[i] = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(code);
+                m_softwareList[i] = Encoding.Latin1.GetString(code);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Data/MpqArchive.cs b/src/Data/MpqArchive.cs
index 9227c90..95020f7 100644
--- a/src/Data/MpqArchive.cs
+++ b/src/Data/MpqArchive.cs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public string GetListFile()
             string list = string.Empty;
             using (MpqFileStream mfs = OpenFile("(listfile)"))
             {
-                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(mfs, Encoding.ASCII);
+                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(mfs, Encoding.Latin1);
                 list = sr.ReadToEnd();
                 sr.Close();
             }
diff --git a/src/DataBuffer.cs b/src/DataBuffer.cs
index ac809ee..b775439 100644
--- a/src/DataBuffer.cs
+++ b/src/DataBuffer.cs
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ public void InsertUInt64Array(ulong[] l)
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Either <c>str</c> or <c>enc</c> were <b>null</b> (<b>Nothing</b> in Visual Basic).</exception>
         public void InsertCString(string str)
         {
-            InsertCString(str, Encoding.ASCII);
+            InsertCString(str, Encoding.Latin1);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ public void InsertCString(string str, Encoding enc)
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">The length of <c>str</c> was too great; maximum string length is 255 characters.</exception>
         public void InsertPascalString(string str)
         {
-            InsertPascalString(str, Encoding.ASCII);
+            InsertPascalString(str, Encoding.Latin1);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ public void InsertPascalString(string str, Encoding enc)
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">The length of <c>str</c> was too great; maximum string length is 65,535 characters.</exception>
         public void InsertWidePascalString(string str)
         {
-            InsertWidePascalString(str, Encoding.ASCII);
+            InsertWidePascalString(str, Encoding.Latin1);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ public void InsertDwordString(string str, byte padding)
                     for (int i = 0; i < numNulls; i++)
                         Insert(padding);
                 }
-                byte[] bar = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(str);
+                byte[] bar = Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(str);
                 for (int i = bar.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                     Insert(bar[i]);
             }
diff --git a/src/DataFormatter.cs b/src/DataFormatter.cs
index 737ebf0..f2ffdde 100644
--- a/src/DataFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/DataFormatter.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace MBNCSUtil
     /// <example>
     /// <para>This example demonstrates how the formatter prints out binary data.</para>
     /// <code language="c#">
-    /// DataFormatter.WriteToConsole(XSha1.CalculateHash(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("password")));
+    /// DataFormatter.WriteToConsole(XSha1.CalculateHash(Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes("password")));
     /// </code>
     /// <para><b>Output:</b></para>
     /// <code>
diff --git a/src/DataReader.cs b/src/DataReader.cs
index 846f2de..8f9c988 100644
--- a/src/DataReader.cs
+++ b/src/DataReader.cs
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public string PeekDwordString(byte padding)
             if (idx0 == -1)
                 idx0 = length;
 
-            string result = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(b, 0, idx0);
+            string result = Encoding.Latin1.GetString(b, 0, idx0);
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ public string ReadDwordString(byte padding)
         /// <returns>The next C-style string.</returns>
         public string ReadCString()
         {
-            return ReadCString(Encoding.ASCII);
+            return ReadCString(Encoding.Latin1);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ public string ReadCString(Encoding enc)
         /// <returns>The next pascal-style string.</returns>
         public string ReadPascalString()
         {
-            return ReadPascalString(Encoding.ASCII);
+            return ReadPascalString(Encoding.Latin1);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public string ReadPascalString(Encoding enc)
         /// <returns>The next wide-pascal-style string.</returns>
         public string ReadWidePascalString()
         {
-            return ReadWidePascalString(Encoding.ASCII);
+            return ReadWidePascalString(Encoding.Latin1);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/NLS.cs b/src/NLS.cs
index 64c7ff4..bb8cd05 100644
--- a/src/NLS.cs
+++ b/src/NLS.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public sealed class NLS
         public NLS(string Username, string Password)
         {
             userName = Username;
-            userNameAscii = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(userName);
+            userNameAscii = Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(userName);
             password = Password;
 
             byte[] rand_a = new byte[32];
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ private void CalculateVerifier(byte[] serverSalt)
                 userName.ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), ":", password.ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
                 );
 
-            byte[] unpw_bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(unpwexpr);
+            byte[] unpw_bytes = Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(unpwexpr);
             byte[] hash1 = s_sha.ComputeHash(unpw_bytes);
 
             byte[] unpw_salt_bytes = new byte[serverSalt.Length + hash1.Length]; // should be 52
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ private void CalculateM1(byte[] saltFromServer, byte[] issuedServerKey)
             MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(40 + saltFromServer.Length + A.GetBytes().Length + issuedServerKey.Length + local_k.Length);
             BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(ms);
             bw.Write(g_xor_n.GetBytes());
-            bw.Write(s_sha.ComputeHash(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(userName.ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))));
+            bw.Write(s_sha.ComputeHash(Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(userName.ToUpper(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))));
             bw.Write(saltFromServer);
             bw.Write(EnsureArrayLength(A.GetBytes(), 32));
 #if DEBUG
diff --git a/src/OldAuth.cs b/src/OldAuth.cs
index 98344e8..13928dd 100644
--- a/src/OldAuth.cs
+++ b/src/OldAuth.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public static byte[] HashData(byte[] data)
         /// <returns>A 20-byte buffer containing the hash value.</returns>
         public static byte[] HashPassword(string data)
         {
-            return HashData(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data));
+            return HashData(Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(data));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public static byte[] DoubleHashData(byte[] data,
         public static byte[] DoubleHashPassword(string data,
             int clientToken, int serverToken)
         {
-            return DoubleHashData(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data),
+            return DoubleHashData(Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(data),
                 unchecked((uint)clientToken),
                 unchecked((uint)serverToken));
         }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public static byte[] DoubleHashPassword(string data,
         public static byte[] DoubleHashPassword(string data,
             uint clientToken, uint serverToken)
         {
-            return DoubleHashData(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data),
+            return DoubleHashData(Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(data),
                 clientToken, serverToken);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Util/LockdownCrev.cs b/src/Util/LockdownCrev.cs
index 1fbf19f..a54aa08 100644
--- a/src/Util/LockdownCrev.cs
+++ b/src/Util/LockdownCrev.cs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public static unsafe bool CheckRevision(string file1, string file2, string file3
         internal unsafe static int GetDigit(string filename)
         {
             int digit_1, digit_2;
-            byte[] filenameBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(filename);
+            byte[] filenameBytes = Encoding.Latin1.GetBytes(filename);
             fixed (byte* pdigit_ptr = filenameBytes)
             {
                 byte* digit_ptr = (byte*)(pdigit_ptr + filename.Length - 4);