What is this shared "PC server" showing up?

[dXTC]

IM IN YUR MACKBOOK

HACKIN YUR FILEZ

: D

Pardon the threadjack (lol-jack?), but this oldie-but-goodie seems an appropriate response...

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

Good luck getting help with that attitude in life.

If the only "help" I can get is the kind you've offered, I'll do without. Luckily, there are actually knowledgeable people on this board who will answer questions intelligently.

 

[CtrlAltWow]

Thank you Thank you

While some people have touched on what is causing this issue, I want to make it very clear what is going on. I just figured this out.
/snip

Bravo! That was it! It was the ethernet on my MacBook Pro broadcasting to my iMac. Maybe it was because I have it set to automatically see my public folder on my MacBook Pro when I'm home so the iMac sees it as a server?

I was getting so worries, reset the time capsule and changing the password.

Have a good day.

 

[Omyy]

Thank U

Go to Finder > Preferences and choose the Sidebar tab. Then you can deselect the Connected Servers check box and you should be good to go.

Im a new mac user and this HELPED ME ALOT
THANK YOU EVERY MUCH

 

[Jasper1968]

At Last

I have been looking for bloody years for an answer, Thanks for this, finally answered and nothing to worry about.

 

[blackburn]

You can use the firewall to block the ports used by netbios. Even less annoying, but it should have an option in system preferences, for the "secure" os it's kinda weird to have this bugs

 

[ronalddezino]

Solution!

Hi,
Instead of blocking the sidebar from seeing all servers (which would block Mac ones in addition to blocking the PCs), I think I've found a solution that works.

I used to have the same problem at my house (random PC servers showing up when there are no PCs in the house) and I thought someone was hacking onto my network.

To solve the issue:
1. Go to System Preferences
2. Click on the Sharing icon under Internet & Wireless
3. Decheck Printer Sharing

I've found that by dechecking Printer Sharing, the strange PC server never shows up.

Hope this helps!

 

[soundsgoodtome]

Hi,
Instead of blocking the sidebar from seeing all servers (which would block Mac ones in addition to blocking the PCs), I think I've found a solution that works.

I used to have the same problem at my house (random PC servers showing up when there are no PCs in the house) and I thought someone was hacking onto my network.

To solve the issue:
1. Go to System Preferences
2. Click on the Sharing icon under Internet & Wireless
3. Decheck Printer Sharing

I've found that by dechecking Printer Sharing, the strange PC server never shows up.

Hope this helps!

I came here to say (almost) that, but you beat me to it. In my case, it really is a printer: my Canon printer on the other side of the house.

If the icon were of a printer, even with the generic name "Canon Printer," I'd be fine. But the ugly PC icon with the name "000000xx9f1x" doesn't cut it, and apparently we can't rename it to something more useful.

Thanks for the tip on removing just the printers.