How e-mail infections are handled

When Zone Labs security software detects an infection in an e-mail attachment, it removes the infected file and attaches an Infection Report to the e-mail. The Infection report is a text file that contains information about the attachment that was removed from the e-mail, including the filename of the infection.

Figure 8-2: Example of an infection report

Infected attachments are renamed with a .zl6 file extension so that they can no longer be opened.

If you are a Eudora user and you have multiple Infection reports in your inbox, the name of the infection report may contain a numeral before the .txt extension.

For more information about protecting your computer from viruses, see Virus protection.