Mysterious file appearing after login

Hi all,
I recently bought my parents a 2nd hand iMac (Duo Core 2 1.83ghz). After setting up a user account and removing the preference files (which caused a few hiccups), I now have a file that appears when I open the hard drive.
It has no name and is 1.4MB in size. Opening it in TextEdit shows lots and lots of characters (non-English or anything for that matter).
Does anyone have an idea why this file would be appearing and how to fix it? I've never seen anything like this before. Sometimes the trash has a "Recovered Files" folder when I have done nothing.
I've run permissions repairs and verified the disk (which said it didn't need repairing) but I will look at it tomorrow to see if I can find a solution.

Jonathon, kguy is right that you should do a secure erase and then a clean install of everything on a second-hand machine regardless of whether or not you clear up the problem with the mystery file first. I would load only the applications I want on the machine (just in case the current configuration has apps and other things left over from the prior owner) and then you can rest easy.

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