Mysterious Phantom Accounts - What on Earth Are They?

Hello,
My problem is that in my login window, right after "X's Computer", there's a number in brackets, which I assume indicates the number of accounts on my computer (I've two, one private and one for work). However, a while back that number changed to 3, and now all of a sudden it's 5. I only have those two accounts and my guest account is disabled, so what are these phantom accounts? I'm getting a bit worried, so that no one's hacked my computer or something (I'm not terribly tech savvy when it comes to the details so I don't know what could've happened). Does anybody know what this is? Should I worry? What can I do about it?
Thank you very much in advance!
Sincerely,
//P

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
The added number probably represents a change in your "Computer Name" by the system, and not a reflection of the number of user accounts. To check this, and to hopefully change it back, look in
System Preferences>Sharing
also click the Edit button there.
There have been a number of similar reports here, with the issue sometimes thought to be related to a network or router conflict. See this forum search:
http://tinyurl.com/26669a9

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