Should I delete the pppconfd file

I found little 10-year-old hands playing with my Powerbook, after which I discovered a file in the Trash which the Powerbook seems not to want me to delete. This folder sequence currently sitting in the Trash is: private --> var --> run --> This final "run" folder contains a 0kb Unix executable file named "pppconfd".
Do I delete it? If not, where do I slide it back to?
At the moment, during general Trash emptying, I'm getting the message: "The operation cannot be completed because the item "run" is in use.
Thanks in advance.
PS: The 10-year-old swears that nothing else has been deleted or moved and that he has no idea how this happened. Provided I get two clear weeks of faultless operation of the Powerbook to prove he is telling the truth, I might let him out of the garden shed.

You need to return the contents of the Trash to their original location.
I'm puzzled how your 10 year old was able to delete an otherwise invisible file. The private folder is not visible to users. Furthermore, it is owned by the system and putting it in the Trash requires authentication and an admin account access.
If your 10 year old is using the computer through your admin account, then you need to implement some security by creating a separate standard account for the 10 year old and change your password so he/she no longer can access the computer through your account.

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