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Other:W32/Zone.Identifier

First posted on 26 July 2010.
Source: SecurityHome

Aliases :

There are no other names known for Other:W32/Zone.Identifier.

Explanation :

A program which does not easily fit into any other malware category.

Additional DetailsOther:W32/Zone.Identifier is a stream generated by Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook when saving files to the local disk from different security zones. It is not a malicious program.

We do get occasional enquiries about this issue as many Windows XP files have an invisible stream by this name. The typical content of such file would be:

€ [ZoneTransfer]
 ZoneId=3
Existence of Zone.Identifier stream on some files is normal, and as such is of not a cause for concern.

Last update 26 July 2010

 

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