Infected data

The Infected Data area of the Scan details dialog provides a summary of any infections found during the scan, including the type of infection, the virus, worm, or trojan that caused the infection, the status of the infection, and the location of the infected item.

Type

This column describes the type of item that was infected. Possible values for this column include

Boot sector - A special part of the hard drive that contains code used to start the operating system.

E-mail - Infections found in attachments or in the body of an e-mail message.

File - Files located on your local computer or network drives.

ADS File - Alternative Data Stream, a file embedded in a file.

Archive - A compressed file, such as a .zip file, that contains an infected file.

Memory - Infections found in your computer's memory. This type is detectable only on computers running Windows 98.

Infection

Status

Tells you whether the file has been repaired, deleted, or remains infected. Table 7-5 below provides a list of the messages you may see in this column, along with their explanations.

Infection status messages
Message	Explanation
Scanning	The file is being scanned.
Infected	The file is infected.
Deleted	An infection was found in the file and the file was deleted.
Failed to delete	The infected file could not be deleted. You may see this message if you do not have adequate permission to delete the file, if the file is currently in use by your computer, or in the case of a shared file, if it is in use by someone else.
Renamed	The infected file was renamed manually.
Failed to rename	The infected file could not be renamed. You may see this message if you do not have adequate permission to rename the file, if the file is currently in use by your computer, or in the case of a shared file, if it is in use by someone else.
Repairing	The file is being repaired.
Repaired	An infection was found in the file and the file was repaired.
Repaired, must reboot	An infection was found in a system file, and the file was repaired. Your computer must be restarted before it can access the repaired file.
Failed to repair	The infected file could not be repaired. You may see this message if you do not have adequate permission to access the file in order to repair it, if the file is currently in use by your computer, or in the case of a shared file, if it is in use by someone else.
No cure	You may see this message if Zone Labs security software is unable to repair the infected file. You can delete the file.
Unable to repair	The infected file resides in a .zip file or other archive to which Zone Labs security software does not have access. You may need to treat the infected file manually. See Treating files manually .
Error:	In some cases Zone Labs security software is unable to scan the file and an error condition occurs. If you receive Error messages multiple times, contact Zone Labs technical support.

Details

If the infection occurred in a file, this area provides the path to the file on your computer. If the infection occurred in an e-mail message or an attachment, this area identifies the sender of the e-mail.