I am the host :-)
The reason the whole virtual directory exists as a site is because we are using a product called Macromedia Contribute to have users update the site. Here is some more generic information if it helps
site files exist on \server1contributeoverdrive
the vars files are on \server1contributeoverdrivecgi-bin
the actual web site (remember it is a virtual) is on one of our IIS servers. There are no actual web files there, they are all on server.
Thanks for any help that you can give me.