Originally Posted by King Brad
They can HWID ban and you don't need to change your HWID to remove it. I don't think they always do HWID ban but just in case they do follow these steps to ensure you wont be instantly banned upon buying a new account.
1. Completely uninstall steam and rust.
2. open regedit. Find all entries by facepunch, steam and easyanticheat, delete them all.
3. download privazer and run a full scan and a full cleanup.
4. change your IP.
5. search regedit for machineguid and delete it. Restart PC it will give you a new GUID. (you may not be able to find machienguid, I wasn't able to. If so skip this step).
6.Download steam. Make a new account with a new e-mail address. Buy rust.
If you follow these steps and still get banned, unfortunately, the only way is to change your HWID by reinstalling Windows altogether. I was also recently banned from Rust and just got a new account and I was not banned after following these steps.
1. Completely uninstall steam and rust.
2. open regedit. Find all entries by facepunch, steam and easyanticheat, delete them all.
3. download privazer and run a full scan and a full cleanup.
4. change your IP.
5. search regedit for machineguid and delete it. Restart PC it will give you a new GUID. (you may not be able to find machienguid, I wasn't able to. If so skip this step).
6.Download steam. Make a new account with a new e-mail address. Buy rust.
If you follow these steps and still get banned, unfortunately, the only way is to change your HWID by reinstalling Windows altogether. I was also recently banned from Rust and just got a new account and I was not banned after following these steps.