Can't open .zip, only starts .cpgz cycle

Firstly, sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong spot, I'm new. But I also heard this problem may be due to leopard.
I was emailed a .zip file that I really want to open but when I try to unzip it only creates a .cpgz file then then ..cpgz or another ..2.zip
I've tried double clicking the .zip and opening normaly and stuffit and opening it in windows xp
BTW it's a file I'll need to open in my xp partition if that makes a difference, (unfortunately I sometimes need to use xp as some apps such as autocad don't run mac) i just don't connect xp to the internet.

My user just encountered this zip/cpgz cycle as well, and I think this is what happened.
He was attempting to download a zip file that was only available via BitTorrent. So he downloaded the corresponding 24 KB torrent file and double clicked it. This opened Opera (his default application for torrent files), and the actual 62 MB zip file started downloading. But unlike a conventional downloading file that ends in .download and shows a small progress bar in the icon, the BitTorrent downloading file looks indistinguishable from a completely downloaded file: it ends in .zip and has the zip icon even though it is still downloading. So my user was attempting to unzip a 62 MB file when only about 50 MB had downloaded.
As of this writing, the file is still downloading. But I suspect once completely downloaded, he will be able to unzip the file normally using Stuffit Expander.

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