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I was changing settings on the firewall a week or so ago and I could not get printer sharing to turn off within the firewall settings or in the print sharing settings. I deleted all printers from the network and that did it but when I went to log in to make changes to the firewall settings I got a message asking for my admin password that seemed different it said" System Preferences is trying to pair the remote. Type you password to allow this." The buttons at the bottom say "Cancel" and "Pair" The message I usually get is "System Preferences is tryint to unlock Security and Privacy preferences. Type your passoword to allow this." The buttons at the bottom say "Cancel" and "Unlock" I did not type the password when given the first option, the one regarding the remote. I exited that screen, did somethign else, I don't recall what, returned to that screen and got the second message. I just repeated all of that tonight. I have screen shots fo the windows described if that's of use.
I did not turn printer sharing back on. I may have had it turned on the first time I messed with this but I did not turn it back on and I had the same odd problem of not being able to turn it off this time.
MacMalware Guide lead me here!
When the flash drive was plugged in it imported what was sopposed to be an aduio book directly into itunes. I can't find the tracks or the book to save my life (the info is likely where it shoudl be I just don't know where to look). So, I don't know if this applies to importing the files after the drive has only been plugged in or not.
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dgambler is right in that by purchasing a Snow Leopard disk (presuming you don't already have one) and performing a fresh install (it is easy) is a sure way to "take back" the controls of your Mac. You will need to study online tutorials for "wiping the drive" rather than a simple install. But you should let the police look at the hard drive before you do that - they will be able to see exactly what this person did.
usefull information:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=mac/10.4/en/mh294.html
http://lowendmac.com/ed/rosen/mac-remote-control.html

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