Office 2008 AutoUpdate update and OS 10.6.8 file in trash

Has anyone using Microsoft Office 2008, Mac OS 10.6.8, and recently installed the "new" MS AutoUpdate function noticed any odd behaviour of a file in your trash AFTER running Microsoft AutoUpdate app to check for update? A file gets placed in the trash AFTER restarting.  I have also asked on the MS forums. I know, I wish I could use iWork for everything, but...
The file is called "MerpAD Microsoft AutoUpdate" but contains nothing. It occurs on two different MBP's after installing the lastest MAU app directly downloaded from Mactopia.

I've generally been applying the MAU 2.3.3 and MERP 2.2.7 updates one after the other, so I can't say for sure which of these updates caused the recovered file to start appearing in the trash.  There have been reports of similar files of zero size in the trash, but tied to other Microsoft apps (MerpAD RDC, MerpAD My Day, etc.), so I suspect that MERP may be leaving a file behind when it thinks that someone has gone wrong with a Microsoft app.

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