They probably left him with some items so he could build up his money supplies again, then they will wait a few weeks/months and 'hack' him again. This is why runeman should make his system safe before logging into rs again. And Dark_Tigra, I think that gaining passwords from forums, especially this one is extremely difficult. But your right, don't use the same pass anywhere that is the same as your rs pass, just incase. Also Zonda is right, there is no need to reformat your drive. Visit the tech board, do a few scans (housecall, adaware SE, spybot S+D, post a hijackthis log, get a firewall(zonealarm is a good free one.)) and you should be fine.