You just need to use $read()'s n switch. Unless you explicitly want to evaluate what's being read from the file (which is very rare), you should always use the n switch.
Code:
195: did -ra $dname 14 $decode($read($mircdir $+ system\config.msf,[color:green]n,[/color]4))
196: did -ra $dname 15 $decode($read($mircdir $+ system\config.msf,[color:green]n,[/color]4))
There are several other occasions in that code where you haven't used it and you probably should.