Some unknown pc appeared under my "shared" menu

hi there everyone.. possibly this is a very easy question, and perhaps not as sinister as im imagining?haha..
ive only had this new imac machine for a month or so, and im in love with it of course.. but about a week ago i noticed in my finder- under the "shared" drop menu, a device called "beckys-pute" with a little icon of a pc next to it??
if i click on it , it says connection failed, then i click 'connect as', and it replies"The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again."
i have never gone over my download limit from my isp ever before, and i have got an email telling me that ive used my limit for the month in only the first two weeks!?--am i assuming too much to think that someone else is somehow wirelessly using my internet? or is this just coincidence?
i have airport and bluetooth all deactivated, and i have been thru sys prefs and changed my security, firewall etc ....
should i be concerned about becky and her computer! is it just my neighbour, can she read my stuff!!haha.. we live very rural here, perhaps its an out of towner renting a holiday home?
anyhow, any help would be so much appreciated, as i am a total kook in all matters computer related!
thanks in advance
brad the kiwi

i have airport and bluetooth all deactivated, and i have been thru sys prefs and changed my security, firewall etc ....
It's not really the wireless on your computer that matters in this case. It's the wireless for your network that matters. So you have your computer's Airport and bluetooth turned OFF, so you are connected by Ethernet cable. Do you have a router between you and your Internet service? If so, does it do wireless? If so, that's where the trespasser is connected and stealing your bandwidth. You need to make the network secure (use a password) or change the password if it's something easily guessed, or set your router to not use wireless.
If there is no wireless network from a router or your Mac, I don't see how "Becky" is showing up on your network.

Similar Messages

I'm having troube with music. Some artists that start with an "P" appear under the "R" menu and similarly throughout the alphabet. Same about albums, songs

I'm having troube with music. Some artists that start with an "A" appear under the "B" menu and similarly throughout the alphabet. Same about albums, songs and genres. It suddenly happened after about 3 days of iOS 5 usage. Re-synchronization doesn't help. I also tried deleting some artists from ipod, but it doesn't help either.

1) This is because of software version 1.1. See this
thread for some options as to how to go back to 1.0,
which will correct the problem...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=3754
59&tstart=0
2) This tends to happen after videos. Give the iPod a
minute or two to readjust. It should now be more
accurate.
3) This?
iPod shows a folder icon with exclamation
point
4) Restore the iPod
5) Try these...
iPod Only Shows An Apple Logo and Will Not Start
Up
iPod Only Shows An Apple Logo
I think 3,4, and 5 are related. Try the options I
posted for each one.
btabz
I just noticed that one of the restore methods you posted was to put it into Disk Mode First rather than just use the resstore straight off, I Have tried that and seems to have solved the problem, If it has thank you. previously I have only tried just restoring it skipping this extra step. Hope my iPod stays healthy, if it doesnt its a warrenty job me thinks any way thanks again

My password list no longer appears under the options menu, How do I get it back?

The password manager that used to appear under the options menu has completely disappeared. The little lock icon is also nowhere to be found. Does this have something to do with blur? How do I restore my browser the way it used to be so that I can review my list of stored passwrds? I've tried to look in blur to see if they are there - no luck. I'm not sure how the long the problem has existed. I happened to notice just now when a site that normally remembers my log in (a credit card that I make a payment on each month) failed to display it and of course I couldn't remember, not having actually typed it in for years.

Hi philipp.
Thanks for answering. Here's the entire contents of the page. Probably too much information but I wasn't sure what you needed. I deleted the some of the lines referring to my printer settings because the info exceeded the character limit. I very much doubt they have any relevance to the problem
Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 35.0.1
Update History
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:35.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/35.0
Profile Folder
Enabled Plugins about:plugins
Build Configuration about:buildconfig
Memory Use about:memory
Multiprocess Windows 0/1
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
Report ID Submitted
All Crash Reports
This application has not been configured to display crash reports.
Extensions
Name Version Enabled ID
Blur (Formerly DoNotTrackMe) 4.5.1334 true [email protected]
ColorfulTabs 25.9 true {0545b830-f0aa-4d7e-8820-50a4629a56fe}
Multirow Bookmarks Toolbar Plus 1.2 true {4c7097f7-08f2-4ef2-9b9f-f95fa4cbb064}
Skype Click to Call 7.2.15747.10003 true {82AF8DCA-6DE9-405D-BD5E-43525BDAD38A}
Text to Voice 1.10 true [email protected]
Theme Font & Size Changer 35.2 true {f69e22c7-bc50-414a-9269-0f5c344cd94c}
FabTabs 1.5.2 false [email protected]
Noia Fox options 3.0.1 false [email protected]
Utopia FFSE White Options 5.0.2 false [email protected]
Graphics
Adapter Description ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series
Adapter Drivers aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Adapter RAM 1024
Device ID 0x68f9
Direct2D Enabled true
DirectWrite Enabled true (6.2.9200.16492)
Driver Date 4-19-2011
Driver Version 8.850.0.0
GPU #2 Active false
GPU Accelerated Windows 1/1 Direct3D 11 (OMTC)
Subsys ID 22911787
Vendor ID 0x1002
WebGL Renderer Google Inc. -- ANGLE (ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0)
windowLayerManagerRemote true
AzureCanvasBackend direct2d
AzureContentBackend direct2d
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend cairo
AzureSkiaAccelerated 0
Important Modified Preferences
Name Value accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0
browser.cache.disk.capacity 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max false
browser.cache.frecency_experiment 1
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 7
browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID 20150122214805
browser.startup.homepage http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=14891%20-%20Watkins%20Glen,%20NY&wuSelect=WEATHER
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID 20150122214805
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone 35.0.1
dom.mozApps.used true
dom.w3c_touch_events.expose false
extensions.lastAppVersion 35.0.1
font.minimum-size.x-western 15
font.name.serif.x-western Georgia
font.size.variable.x-western 15
gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx 0
gfx.direct3d.prefer_10_1 true
media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate 1423194991
media.gmp-gmpopenh264.version 1.3
media.gmp-manager.lastCheck 1422538139
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
places.database.lastMaintenance 1423191808
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages 104858
places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size 167772160
places.last_vacuum 1299350232
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types audio/basic,audio/mpeg,audio/wav,audio/x-mpeg,audio/x-wav,application/pdf
plugin.importedState true
print.print_printer Canon Inkjet MP500 Series
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_bgcolor false
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_bgimages false
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_command
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_downloadfonts false
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_edge_bottom 0
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_edge_left 0
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_edge_right 0
print.printer_Canon_Inkjet_MP500_Series.print_edge_top 0
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_resolution_name
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_reversed false
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_scaling 1.45
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_shrink_to_fit false
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_to_file false
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_unwriteable_margin_left 0
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_unwriteable_margin_right 0
print.printer_Canon_MX870_series_Printer.print_unwriteable_margin_top 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_bgcolor false
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_bgimages false
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_colorspace
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_command
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_downloadfonts false
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_duplex 3211319
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_edge_bottom 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_edge_left 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_edge_right 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_edge_top 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_evenpages true
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_footercenter
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_footerleft &PT
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_footerright &D
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_headercenter
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_headerleft &T
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_headerright &U
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_in_color true
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_margin_bottom 0.5
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_margin_left 0.5
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_margin_right 0.5
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_margin_top 0.5
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_oddpages true
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_orientation 1
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_page_delay 50
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_paper_data 1
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_paper_height 11.00
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_paper_name
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_paper_size_type 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_paper_size_unit 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_paper_width 8.50
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_plex_name
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_resolution 3473457
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_resolution_name
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_reversed false
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_scaling 1.10
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_shrink_to_fit true
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_to_file false
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_left 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_right 0
print.printer_PageManager_PDF_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_top 0
privacy.donottrackheader.enabled true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true
security.warn_viewing_mixed false
security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once false
storage.vacuum.last.index 1
storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite 1422170725
user.js Preferences
Your profile folder contains a user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Firefox.
Important Locked Preferences
Name Value
JavaScript
Incremental GC true
Accessibility
Activated false
Prevent Accessibility 0
Library Versions
Expected minimum version Version in use
NSPR 4.10.7 4.10.7
NSS 3.17.2 Basic ECC 3.17.2 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME 3.17.2 Basic ECC 3.17.2 Basic ECC
NSSSSL 3.17.2 Basic ECC 3.17.2 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL 3.17.2 3.17.2
Experimental Features
Name ID Description Active End Date Homepage

Minimized messages do not appear under the Window menu

If I minimize a few messages (yellow button) in Mail, then quit Mail and reopen Mail, the minimized messages don't appear under the Window menu. The only way to retrieve them is to go into Expose one at a time and click on them.
This seems like a bug or design flaw.
Any ideas?
Message was edited by: haroldo1

Apparently fixed with 10.6.2

How do I display the template chooser window? It does not appear under the file menu any longer.

How do I display the template chooser menu? It no longer appears under the File menu. I can see it only in the help mode.

File > New... opens the template chooser.

Scripts not Appearing Under "Scripts" in Menu

I have been going crazy trying to get my custom scripts to appear in the "Scripts" menu item under "File" in Illustrator CS4. I've tried placing them in Presets > Scripts, I've tried creating a folder under "Plug-Ins" called "Scripts" and placing them there, and several other places in an attempt to find anything that will work, but so far nothing has. I've also tried deleting the Illustrator Prefs but that didn't help. Has anybody encountered this problem before?

I have exactly the same problem.
For example, one of my scripts is called IA_tile_1.jsx.
Under my scripting menu I have:
ExportDocAsFlash
Flex Skins
LiveTrace
SaveDocAsPDF
SaveDocAsSVG
Other Script
After reading the comments here I tried coping it into C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4\Presets from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4\Scripting, but this made no change.
The other thing I find confusing is Usually when I open a script it defaults to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4\Scripting. However sometimes it defaults to C:\Users\windowsdomainname\My Documents. As windows handles this as a library which is a top level windows container, not as a subdirectory of the directory c:\Users\windowsdomainname\ I can't just up two folders and start tracing my way back down the directory tree. I have to wait a while while all my network locations are enumaterated until I can finally select C:\, then navigate down from the root again. Thats kind of a gripe because, from the free scripts for Illustrator I have looked at, very few of them seem to genuinely save time for the user or even perform something that can't be easily done with more control via freehand. You would think with all of this stuffing around it would generally be quicker than just performing the job of the script by hand rather than trying to locate such a deeply nested folder than can't default consistently to the same folder. The only reason I'm perservering here is because Illustrator seems to lack a tool that I honestly thought was kind of the reason you would write a program like Illustrator: for the ability to array items and tile items like a grid. Maybe be able to specify by pixel the location of the object. Well, it turns out Illustrator can't be used like this at all unless you write a custom script to handle it, but then it seems to make you jump lots of hoops to get it to show up in the scripting menu or to get the "other scripts" to consistently default to the same folder.
So what causes that default script folder to change. Sometimes in a matter of seconds between consequtive runs on a script?
And how do we get our custom scripts to show up in the scripts menu so we don't have to click "Other Scripts" to begin with?

Unknown Devices appearing in Application Sharing

I have noticed a number of unknown devices are listed in the application sharing section of Hub Manager. Does this pose a security threat and is there any way I can prevent external access of this kind? There doesn't seem to be any way of removing them from the list.
Thanks.

djp9999 wrote:
but the devices in question are BOB and Garys Ipod, neither of which have anything to do with me.
Is does sound like your hubs wireless encryption could of been compromised
Or a family member has given out the wireless key - maybe for a friend to use the broadband connection....
I'd change the wireless encryption key with immediate effect....
(note - The hub will not show what wireless device that is connected to the Fon/Openzone SSID, but some hubs do allow the user to check to see if the Fon/Openzone SSID is being used)
-+-No longer a forum member-+-

Some TV Shows appearing under Movies within Front Row

I've started experiencing this particular behaviour since installing the recent updates (10.6.1 & iTunes 9). Within iTunes, I've checked the 'media kind' and it is set correctly.
All the content was purchased from iTunes. I'd be grateful for any advice.
Thanks,
Andy.

The problem happened again to me - I was fiddling with my music videos (some 664) and did a mass tidy up - selected all and then checked the box to make sure they weren't skipped or resumed half way through. Also ticked the box that they were music video.
Back in Front Row suddenly all my movies were swamped with hundreds of music videos. And they were clearly marked as "music video" when displayed in Front Row Movies.
I did the following: selected all the music videos, changed the type to TV shows, exited iTunes. Checked in FR - all gone from Movies. Back into iTunes and then changed them all back to Music Video. Exited iTunes. Checked FR - still gone!
So maybe try changing them to something else (music video or movie in your case?) and then back again - make sure you exit iTunes after though (maybe it commits changes to the iTunes database or something ... ?).

Some unknown stuff appears in my camera lens

Hi guys,
I have a problem with my camera lens. My camera lens seems to have something inside as whenever i used my camera, there's a purplish ray followed with a shadow appeared at the top right corner. It had been there since the first day I bought my Iphone 5.
It's there any way to "clean" it? Is it entitled for a warranty claim?
Thanks and regards,
Alvin

Bring your phone into Apple for evaluation and find out.

Computer appears in it's own 'Shared Menu'

My computer is appearing twice in the left hand bar of a finder window. Once as it should, under 'devices', below that also under 'shared'.
Under devices the computer has added (2) after its name. When I try and remove this in the sharing pane in System Preferences it tells me I cannot call it name as name is already present on the network.
This would appear to be the entry under the 'shared' menu.
I can't seem to get rid of this.
I suspect it's something to do with having a Qnap Nas drive attached to my network and that the 'shared' menu thing happens when I have to power the computer down using the power button rather than shutting down or sleeping as normal. But this might be nonsense.

Yes this is to cruel!! I have been looking the whole for a solution and so close now and then so far away!!
Please let us know!

How do I get songs from certain artists to appear under the "Music → Artist

How do I get songs from certain artists to appear under the “Music → Artists” menu of my iPod if some of the artists songs have album information and some don’t?
For example, I might have a full album from an artist, and then a single track from the same artist, but without an album tag. When I go to “Music → Artist”, the single track without album information will be gone. The only way I can find the single track is if I go to “Music → Songs” and find it in there.
I have thousands of MP3s, and finding songs by artist is my preference. Is there any way I can get all tracks to appear under the Artists menu without having to add album information to every single track?

From what I understand (thanks to forum member PT for this), once you add a second album name for that artist even for a single song, ALL the rest of the songs should now show up under that artist, even those without album names.
Providing the spelling for the artists is exactly the same of course.

Some macs don't appear in shared menu

I've got an iMac, mac mini, and a dual core all running on an airport network. When I am on my Tower the other machines sometimes disappear out of the shared menu in the finder window. They are on and awake, yet I can't share files. Files sharing is on, on all computers. What's up with that?

If you've never used them before (they are new) then they are not formatted for Macs.
Drive Partition and Format
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
When you want to remove an external device you must Eject it:
First, select the Desktop icon of the external disk. CTRL- or RIGHT-click and select Eject from the context menu.

Unknown names under the shared section on my itunes, help!

Yesteday i opened my itunes and i found three unknown account names like "Sam's itunes" under the shared section and when i clicked them it could listen to all of their music. I thought restarting my computer would help but i didnt do anything. Today when i opened my itunes more names appear and when i try to dissconnect it doesnt work. Why is this happening and how do i stop it? im scared people are able to get my information. Btw i live in a dorm at school, so im not sure if this is affecting it or not.
Thank you!

You are seeing libraries your neighbors have made available for sharing on your local WiFi network. If you don't want to see them, go to the iTunes menu > Preferences > General and uncheck "Shared libraries". To share your own library, select iTunes > Preferences > Sharing. It should be off unless you have turned it on. You can share your whole library or just certain playlists. You can share it openly or require a password. Give the password to those you want to share with. Note that sharing is not the sasme as home sharing. While your computer is on and iTunes is open, others in your network can play your shared items, but can’t import shared items into their libraries.
Go to the iTunes Help menu and type sharing in the search box if you want more details.

My mac is infected with viruses, Safari can not normally search for constantly appear commercials and some unknown site. What to do? antivirus free program that you recommend?

my mac is infected with viruses, Safari can not normally search for constantly appear commercials and some unknown site. What to do? antivirus free program that you recommend?

You may have installed the "VSearch" trojan, perhaps under a different name. Remove it as follows.
Malware is constantly changing to get around the defenses against it. The instructions in this comment are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
Back up all data before proceeding.
Step 1
From the Safari menu bar, select
          Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
Uninstall any extensions you don't know you need, including any that have the word "Spigot," "Trovi," or "Conduit" in the description. If in doubt, uninstall all extensions. Do the equivalent for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, if you use either of those.
Reset the home page and default search engine in all the browsers, if it was changed.
Step 2
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist
Right-click or control-click the line and select
          Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item named "com.vsearch.agent.plist" selected. Drag the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
Repeat with each of these lines:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.daemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.helper.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/Jack.plist
Restart the computer and empty the Trash. Then delete the following items in the same way:
/Library/Application Support/VSearch
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/Jack
/System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ConduitNPAPIPlugin.plugin
Some of these items may be absent, in which case you'll get a message that the file can't be found. Skip that item and go on to the next one.
This trojan is distributed on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect much worse to happen in the future.
You may be wondering why you didn't get a warning from Gatekeeper about installing software from an unknown developer, as you should have. The reason is that this Internet criminal has a codesigning certificate issued by Apple, which causes Gatekeeper to give the installer a pass. Apple could revoke the certificate, but as of this writing, has not done so, even though it's aware of the problem. This failure of oversight has compromised both Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. You can't rely on Gatekeeper alone to protect you from harmful software.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
          Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

In Finder something called 'vuuno' has suddenly appeared under Shared. I didn't knowingly connect and want to remove. Worried I've been hacked or something. What is this and how to remove permanently?

In Finder something called 'vuuno' has suddenly appeared under Shared. I didn't knowingly connect and want to remove. Worried I've been hacked or something. What is this and how to remove permanently?

If you are using an unsecured or shared wireless network, then it could be just another user's computer name. If your sharing settings are correct, you have no worry. However, It would appear that at least some of the other user's settings are less than optimal inasmuch as his/hers is openly being displayed.
The next time you check into a hotel and use their wireless network, you are likely to see a number of other user's computers. Some just the name, as they share no files. While others are wide open, and their file sharing is on.

Some unknown pc appeared under my "shared" menu

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for