New user account "other" and cant delete it

hi everyone,
i dont know what caused that but since yesterday i have that new user account "other".
i tried to delete it with root-user but it isnt shown there, activate root-user and delete again after restart didnt work either.
is some of the professionals here able to help me? i bad need an idea to fix that. Its on my macbook pro and also at my macpro, both with OS 10.6.8
Only new software i installed was MindManger 9 Upgrade direct from MindJet.
Thanks a lot ;-)

Hi Atlan,
in the forum of Livescribe it is stated as a known problem
They are working on it.
Also some suggestions from other user how to get rid of the account.
I have not tried that as it seems you than delete also the Livescribe account and desktop.
I just wait till an update from Livescribe comes out.
To not show that other account you can change settings for login screen
Just show field name and password.
Now, I believe showing th eother account cannot do harm.
It is not the root account. That's disabled as I have seen.
The only question: Can Livescribe takeover your computer?
And if so, hacking livescribe will possible mean that they can hack your system then?
So, the only rigid solution is: delelete all Livescribe etc. , go to timemachie and set back your system.
But only if I would know the other account can create problems I would take this major step.
For now I wait and see
So, lets see what Livescribe will do and at what speed!
here the thread at Livescribe:
https://www.livescribe.com/int/faq/support_forum.html#/forums/showthread.php?t=1 1253&page=2
Regards,
Ronald

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