All my folders turned into applications!

[anakin]

I'm kind of freaked out with what happened to my Documents folder. I plugged in a USB in my laptop which I used in another computer (which was used by A LOT of people already) earlier, then I opened a folder (in the USB) which was already turned into an application (.exe file). I was kinda puzzled at first but I just opened other files on the USB instead. After copying some files to my Documents folder, I noticed that all my other folders in the Documents area were turned into applications as well! I'm guessing I'm infected with some worm or virus, but for the first time I couldn't really find a specific solution on the net. I don't even have an idea on what this virus or worm is called.  I do hope you guys can help me out.

Thank you so much!

[Azzaboi]

There are many kind of virus that do this, they work and spread though infecting autorun.inf. As soon as you access an infected drive it can run automatically. To protect yourself from them it is recommended to disabled the Autorun feature on all drives on your computer. When you do get it cleaned ensure you also clean the external flash drives and devices like iPods, etc.

Someone else will have to tell you how to remove it as I'm not allowed to here (not a specialist).

[anakin]

Oh my. Do you have any idea if I could still restore my infected folders and how? I can't seem to find my files anymore 

[SuperDave]

Please go to this link and follow the directions and post the required logs.