diff --git a/mylar/PostProcessor.py b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
index f0ac4d29..a97ab77d 100755
--- a/mylar/PostProcessor.py
+++ b/mylar/PostProcessor.py
@@ -1658,8 +1658,8 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
                 if mylar.REPLACE_SPACES:
                     #mylar.REPLACE_CHAR ...determines what to replace spaces with underscore or dot
                     nfilename = nfilename.replace(' ', mylar.REPLACE_CHAR)
-            nfilename = re.sub('[\,\:\?]', '', nfilename)
-            nfilename = re.sub('[\/]', '-', nfilename)
+            nfilename = re.sub('[\,\:\?\"\']', '', nfilename)
+            nfilename = re.sub('[\/\*]', '-', nfilename)
             self._log("New Filename: " + nfilename)
             logger.fdebug(module + ' New Filename: ' + nfilename)
 
diff --git a/mylar/helpers.py b/mylar/helpers.py
index ecd76953..0e3d0068 100755
--- a/mylar/helpers.py
+++ b/mylar/helpers.py
@@ -579,11 +579,13 @@ def rename_param(comicid, comicname, issue, ofilename, comicyear=None, issueid=N
                     logger.fdebug('Annual detected within series title of ' + series + '. Not auto-correcting issue #')
 
             seriesfilename = seriesfilename.encode('ascii', 'ignore').strip()
-            filebad = [':', ',', '/', '?', '!', '\''] #in u_comicname or '/' in u_comicname or ',' in u_comicname or '?' in u_comicname:
+            filebad = [':', ',', '/', '?', '!', '\'', '\"', '\*'] #in u_comicname or '/' in u_comicname or ',' in u_comicname or '?' in u_comicname:
             for dbd in filebad:
                 if dbd in seriesfilename:
-                    if dbd == '/': repthechar = '-'
-                    else: repthechar = ''
+                    if any([dbd == '/', dbd == '*']): 
+                        repthechar = '-'
+                    else:
+                        repthechar = ''
                     seriesfilename = seriesfilename.replace(dbd, repthechar)
                     logger.fdebug('Altering series name due to filenaming restrictions: ' + seriesfilename)
 
diff --git a/mylar/search.py b/mylar/search.py
index a8dc6603..5e44c4cd 100755
--- a/mylar/search.py
+++ b/mylar/search.py
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ def NZB_SEARCH(ComicName, IssueNumber, ComicYear, SeriesYear, Publisher, IssueDa
                                     logger.fdebug('Quality restriction enforced [ .cbz only ]. Rejecting this result.')
                                     continue
 
-                        if comsize_b is None:
+                        if comsize_b is None or comsize_b == '0':
                             logger.fdebug('Size of file cannot be retrieved. Ignoring size-comparison and continuing.')
                             #comsize_b = 0
                         else: