What is "av.exe"?

From: Mom (Mom_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:43:03 -0700

My virus scanner says I have a trojan horse in "c:\\windows\av.exe" and it
can't be fixed or quarantined; it can only be deleted. Before I delete it,
can someone please tell me what is the av.exe file? Is it important? Is it OK
to delete it? Will I destroy my computer if I delete it?
This is the first time I used the antivirus software, and I don't know what
to do with the results :>)
Thanks for any information,
Mom

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