"No Name" drive Icon in "Devices" section. What is this?

During a work trip, a folder popped up on my desktop. "No Name" but with an icon below Macintosh HD and iDisk under "Devices".
It looks like it has people walking across the box, but I cannot see closely. It could be protractors too...
It will not eject as it says programs are using it. There is nothing in the file when opened.
I am nervous about a shared file on my mac via a hotel internet connection.
Anyone know what it is and how to get rid of it?
Thank you

Restart holding shift for 20 seconds. This is the general method for any "in use" issue. As to what you have, I can't understand if you mean the drive icon in the Finder window sidebar is labeled "No name" or if the folder on the desktop is labeled "No name". Also, try this:
-- Select (single-click) the folder on the desktop.
-- Get Info (command plus the I key).
-- Is it a folder or a disk?
OS X always assigns the label "No name" to any disk that was formatted without a label and no label was applied later.

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