Can zip files be used to infect an Android device with malware

Well, possibly, but it would extremely unlikely... like getting struck by lightning while being eaten by shark unlikely.

First off, the virus is most likely intended for a Windows machine, putting it on an Android device would likely have no effect even if it would executed. Second, Android sandboxes applications, essentially putting up security walls to limit what they can do without your permission even as a root user, which would mitigate much of what malware could do without you giving it permission to do things like change system settings or send SMS messages. Third, is that by default 3rd party applications are disabled, so it if didn't come from the Play Store, it isn't going to be installed, as long as Unknown Sources is tued off in security settings (never just leave this on, if you need it, tu it on as needed and tu it off right afterwards).

Although the chances your phone could be infected are nearly zero, if you have conces, at minimum factory reset the device, but since you are rooted I would assume you have custom recovery (and hopefully a nandoid backup), you could wipe all partitions and restore a nandroid or reflash the ROM image.

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