Dudes, Dudes, Dudes... Heh the funniest thing possible in the world is that the exact same thing happened to me. I used bo2k to hack all of my friends comps, as in installing it on their comps when they slept or whatever. Sending it to them over aim telling them its not a virus its just residue left over from my computer (they are soo gullible) well anyways my parents got many a phone call, they were pretty upset... I actually hacked my friend's dad's comp which is a lawyers computer w/ legal documents all over the place lol. I am 13 and after my parents got 2 phone calls they were pretty upset. The worst thing in the world for a parent to do is take away the computer. Right now I am completely obsessed with the computer and how it works and programs and everything... hacking is very entertaining etc. I still enjoy exploring but I have deleted bo2k and now I am learning to program and I want to learn to gain access w/out a prog or a trojan. I personally think that all that should happen is he should have a long talk and have to delete the remote access programs. The worst possible thing to do to a computer literate kid like me is to take the most entertaining and exciting but fun to learn thing away... I may someday be richer than bill gates you never know considering I am a computer genius, or at least everyone I know can't do half the crap I can on the computer... they ask me a question about the computer if they have one... heh well don't punish the kid too hard.