Compress hangs when compressing folders with dot underscore (._*) files

Compress hangs when compressing folders with dot underscore (._*) files.

How to reproduce:

cd ~/Desktop
mkdir a
cd a
touch ._a

And then try to compress folder "a" on the desktop. It will show the compressing progress dialog, which will remain open forever.

Workaround: sudo find / -name '._*' -delete
Warning: Change '/' to directory you want to compress if you are afraid of deleting ._* files from all drives.

Keywords: Mac OS X 10.6.2, SN, Snow Leopard, Compress, Compressing, hangs, dot underscore, underbar AppleDot.