Zone.Identifier:$Data appears on copy from XP local file to shared folder (ext3)

[Stephan.Ritscher]

When I copy a file from a local NTFS filesystem to a shared folder with underlying ext3fs, sometimes additionally to the file a second file with the appendix ":Zone.Identifier:$Data" is created. The content is useless, something like

[ZoneTransfer] ZoneId=3

[rajado]

Replying to Stephan.Ritscher:

When I copy a file from a local NTFS filesystem to a shared folder with underlying ext3fs, sometimes additionally to the file a second file with the appendix ":Zone.Identifier:$Data" is created. The content is useless, something like

[ZoneTransfer] ZoneId=3

I`ve found the same problem myself. but with ver VirtualBox 2.1.0 Sometimes it`not possible to copy the files back as windows complain that the file is too long

Host type: GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 8.10) Guest type: MS Windows XP SP2

[Felix Möller]

Same problem on openSUSE 11.1 with VirtualBox 2.12

[Felix Möller]

The problem was closed in ticket #1001 with a link to

​http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/zoneident.shtml

[P. Meiser]

Even though I followed the advice in a forum thread (​http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4814&start=0&sid=4619e20fc3e88c9fcfc34fe225a91b49), the zone identifier files are still created.

Is it related to shared folders?