WIndows CD-rom .avd file open on my Powermac G5??

I'll keep this brief:
I've got a windows made CD-rom, and I'm attempting to get a video file off of it.
It's got the horrid "autoplay.exe" file in there, but also the largest file in it (the video file) ends in a ".avd" extension. I know that that's the video file, and I'd like to convert it to something mac compatible, but can't find ANY info on it.
I opened the entire ROM with virtual PC, but the quality is just not working with me.
Anyone have any suggestions? or am I pretty much screwed here?
-brown

You may have to do this in Virtual PC
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/Multimedia-Graphics/Video-Conversion/AVD-Video-P rocessor.html

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