Very weird folder created without my knowledge. Is this harmful?

Hello,
Here is a link to a folder that I found in the root of my Mac hard drive. Look at the name of the folder... http://pages.prodigy.net/dcifrths/strangefolder/whatisthis.jpg
I didn't create it, and I don't know what did. Does anyone have any idea what this folder is, and what may have been created it? I am concerned that this is a nefarious folder. Could it have been created by surfing to a "suspect" website?
I'm very very concerned, and not sure how to proceed. I'm going to run a permissions check, and I have antivirus installed (Norton). Norton has been installed since I first setup the box, and has not caused me any problems.
Any help / suggestions would be be appreciated.
Thanks!

Here are the results of Repair Permissions:
Permissions differ on "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player", should be -rwxrwxr-x , they are -rw-rw-r-- .
Repaired "Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are lrw-r--r-- .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Deploy.bundle/ Contents/Resources/JavaPluginCocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/deploy.jar".
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib", should be -rwxr-xr-x , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
Repaired "System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Resources/JavaPlugin Cocoa.bundle/Contents/Resources/Java/libdeploy.jnilib".
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.

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