I installed Sophos 9.2.2 on 10.6.8 and now my Applications folder appears empty.

I installed Sophos 9.2.2 on my iMac with 10.6.8. It found "spyware" in the form of a pixel ruler app I downloaded last year (it apparently had the "cowhand-c" trojan or something like that). I let Sophos remove it and after that, my Applications folder was empty. The list of applications still appear in the Applications folder in Finder Window SIDEBAR but not in the Applications folder itself. The status bar says "0 items." After using the "showAllFiles" command, I now see only ".localized" The following actions have had no effect: removal of Sophos, reboots, and a permissions repair.
As far as I can tell now, there is no impairment to the function of my iMac, but it's weird. Can this be fixed?

Disregard. Date display in Mail is also screwed up. It's time to use that Lion license I've had for just in case.
My Sophos Antivirus experience: very bad. A lesson has been learned: don't install what doesn't come from the App Store. This is why people say that some security software is as bad as the stuff you're trying to defend against.
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