Have unknown shared computer

I was attaching a file to an email when I noticed that there was an unknown, what looks like a computer, in my shared items. It is listed as "brw008092c78403" and in the GET INFO box it shows: General' Kind: PC; More Info: (cannot find anything on it); Preview: Shows a computer screen.
How do I remove this from my iMac?

That's probably a Brother printer.
Do you have one of those?
If so, remove it from your Mac...
Shut down the printer.
Reconfigure the Brother printer to not use its SMB / CIFS access services, which is what the Mac is detecting here.
Or leave it be, possibly after having reset the printer name to something like "Brother Printer" via the printer's configuration menus.

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Hi everyone,
I have used Mac OS X since version 10.1, so I know it quite well. However, since I have upgraded to 10.5, a computer shows up under "shared" in the Finder. It was never my intention to connect to any computer, but one named uw-uy155rr0hdft (a pc server) keeps showing up. Sometimes it disappears (after a reboot), but whenever I download something through Safari, it appears again.
I am worried that someone might have broken into my system (is this even possible on a Mac?), since I never wanted to connect to this PC in the first place. On the plus side, whenever I click on this shared computer, the connection fails. How can I remove this shared computer from my system? Thank you very much in advance.

This recently happened to me as well. "Computer2007" is what showed up along with another name. I'm behind 2 routers on a wired connection so I'm not sure what it could have been. I disconnected my modem, restarted my comp, changed my firewall options and enabled stealth mode. Nothing shows up now.

How to indentify an unknown shared computer showing in finder?

For quite some time I've been seeing a computer show up under shared in finder. It appears as macbook-2cd86c. When I click on it is states that I'm connected as a "guest". I can identify my husband's MacBook. If it helps to know, we both connect to the internet wirelessly and use AT&T UVerse. I thought that maybe it be the name of the router, but we've changed it a few times and the name of the unknown macbook has remained the same. We also both have iphones that sync to our respective computers. Our network is WPA protected. How can I indentify this unknown computer?

how do I find out the the number of the MAC address on my husband's Mac?
Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler
On the left side select "Network"
On the top Right side select "Airport"
In the bottom Right look for "MAC Address"
Unless your Husband is using "Built-in Ethernet", then select that entry in the Top Right panel.

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I sometimes get a computer (name mlt1a8990) showing up in the shared section of the sidebar which I know nothing about! The Get Info just says it's a PC Server but I don't have a Windows PC connected by ethernet. I cannot connect to it. If I try, I get the message "connection failed" with a message that it may not exist or is not operational and it often disappears.
I do have a wireless connection to the network which is used only for my iPod Touch and MacBook Pro but I do not allow broadcast of SSID, I have a WPA2 password and access is restricted to machines by Mac address. But it seems to remain there even if I have wireless turned off which suggests it's not a breach of my wireless security.
Any ideas?

I would say so. I can't find the posts anymore but some other posts experiencing a similar problem (but I don't think it was with a networked printer) reported having a partial of a MAC address as the name of the mysterious "shared PC server." You might try playing some games like powering down the printer then cycling power on the modem/router and your Mac and see if it goes away from the sidebar. But I would venture to say that you have correctly identified what it is. Now, why it's showing up as a PC server and how to make it not do that anymore.....

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I don't know if your problem is related to the drive being encrypted, but here's a solution for getting SecureHD Login to work on Leopard.
First make sure you follow this guide to uninstall the old version of SecureHD Login you have: http://www.techsupportlive.com/techsupport/MAC/SecureHDLogin/SecureHD_Login_(Uninstall)_User_guide_for_MacX.pdf
Then download and install this version of the software: http://www.techsupportlive.com/index.php?m=downloads&a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=60&nav=0,8
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Unwanted Shared computer

Hi,
I've just installed Snow Leopard and I now have a Shared computer coming up in my Finder window. If I click on it, it tries to connect, then says, 'Connection failed'.
I have not linked up with any other networks or computers as far as I am aware. However, I also added a Mac Book for back up and I think I may have turned on Airport when installing (I'm not quite sure why).
Should I be worried about this computer coming up? I've turned Airport off now but it's still in my Finder window.
Thanks in advance

Hello m:
I never paid any attention to that area before. I have two items in the shared section (both are web addresses). Neither make any sense and they cannot be removed (see article):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8731.html
They are not connected to anything. I am ignoring them and you probably should do the same thing. I have no clue why the guidance indicates they cannot be removed.
Barry

We have created shared folder on multiple client machine in domain environment on different 2 OS like-XP,Vista, etc. from some day's When we facing problem when we are access from host name that shared folder is accessible but same time same computer when

Hello All,
we have created shared folder on multiple client machine in domain environment on different 2 OS like-XP,Vista, etc.
from some day's When we facing problem when we are access from host name that shared folder is accessible but same time same computer when we are trying to access the share folder with IP it asking for credentials i have type again and again
correct credential but unable to access that. If i re-share the folder then we are access it but when we are restarted the system then same problem is occurring.
I have checked IP,DNS,Gateway and more each & everything is well.
Pls suggest us.
Pankaj Kumar

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that the same shared folder can be accessed by name, but can’t be accessed be IP address and asks for credentials.
Please try to enable the option below on the device which has shared folder:
Besides, check the Advanced Shring settings of shared folder and confrim that if there is any limitation settings.
Best Regards,
Eve Wang
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As IO said before:
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I want to activate the new computer to be the computer via ITunes where all of the devices are linked to it as the base for ITunes. And, I don't know how to make that happen.
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