I'll be darned... thanks for the link. Still, the presence of this file doesn't sit quite right with me. Why would it be setting off antivirus programs unless it somehow behaves like one? Also the purpose of the file is never explained but the thread gets locked up anyway... do I smell a conspiracy?
There is apparently a consensus that this is a placeholder for the hex name of the current database to keep people from synching with more than one database. It's odd that I foun dit, and can't see what's in it, but it could be a rather crude way to enforce iTunes 'law'...