New Registrant Analyzer

[fci]

Description:
At the forum I maintain these are the general measures taken to determine if a new registrant is a spammer:
- google username see if it has been used elsewhere and if it has been banned, if there are a lot of results, try searching using: $username vbulletin, or, $username phpbb, or $username forum
- go to domain of email address if unfamiliar
- google first part of email address
- google second part of email address if unfamiliar
- check IP on DNS Stuff

So, to make it easier for the other admins to check this information I wrote this which basically has quick links to get this information. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

In the contained zip file, import the product via 'Manage Products' and upload the rest of the file to their appropiate locations

After installing, you'd need to refresh the admincp/modcp area with your browser then look under 'Users' in the admincp, otherwise look under 'New Registrant Info' if in the modcp

changelog
0.1 - initial release
0.2 - make it work for both mods and admins (shows in admincp and modcp)
0.3 - use dynamic modcp/admincp variables, move 'New Registrant Info' under Users menu

NOTE: remember to look under Users when browsing in the admincp

[Milad]

This is a new idea totally, thank you.

[Snake]

Thanks for this!

[Tulsa]

Quick, easy and effective.

[Jeordie015]

Can mods use this as well as the admin?

[cupra]

wow, you jest make my day!!!
that is exactly waht that i need , thx a lot - Installed

[fci]

Can mods use this as well as the admin?

not yet but I will see if I can make it do that too

edit: ok this is done

[UncoderMom]

HOLY CRAP! :wow:

TY!!

[JamieLee2k]

This would be a great mod for me if something else is added, Gamertag (xbox Live) would it be possible to put that in?

[fci]

This would be a great mod for me if something else is added, Gamertag (xbox Live) would it be possible to put that in?

um.. I don't quite know what you're talking about.. ? you want it to show custom fields the user entered in their profile? (wouldn't be too difficult to implement if that is the case)

[JamieLee2k]

For example, If you click this link http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=JamieLee2k is shows my gamercard

Now when someone registers I have a required field that you have to put in and it's called Gamertag

There are only a few things I need it to check and all the others are just a bonus.
Username:
Email Address to see if it's valid:
Gamertag:
IP Address:

[malc1959]

nice one, installed thanks

[The Finman]

Wow...I can't believe my eyes. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

This is what I have searched for...asked for (back in August) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=124903) ...and finally had gotten to the point that I bought the PHP Bible (http://www.amazon.com/PHP-Bible-2nd-Tim-Converse/dp/0764549553) and combined it with PHP Essential Training (http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=145) over at Lynda.com (http://www.lynda.com) in the hopes of making what you just created for my first mod. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Well, at least it wasn't in vain as that made me get off my butt and start learning PHP in earnest. http://www.ronaldreagan.com/forums/images/smilies/doh!.gif

If possible...I have one small favor to ask. :)

This was my humble request back in August... http://www.ronaldreagan.com/forums/images/smilies/kicking_it_around.gif


Registration IP and E-mail Available to Admin/Mods in User Profile?

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Hi there.

I am a recent convert from UBB to vBulletin.

The change has been completely positive.

Maybe there is a way to set this up in the AdminCP, or maybe there already is a hack for this...but I haven't been able to find either.

On UBB when someone registered it would list them in "Newest Members".

It would also allow our staff to click on that profile and it had the registration IP and E-mail for the staff to view and look up if they were suspicious or felt it was necessary.

I know I can log into the AdminCP and gain that info, but I was looking for a quicker and easier way for my staff and myself to do this.

What I would like our staff (mods & admins) to be able to do is to be able to click on the newest (actually any) member profile (or it could even be done in the postbit), and be able to see the E-mail they used to register along with their IP (even if they haven't posted).

Presently our Mods run IPs through either Geobytes and/or DNSstuff to find the users location.

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm

http://www.dnsstuff.com

It would be nice to have the IP and E-mail, but even better if the location could be included, saving time by having it already looked up.

The only people that I would want to be able to see this information would be the staff (Mods & Admins).

If this hack (or something close to it) already exists, I would be grateful if you could point me too it, as I have looked and looked and haven't been able to find anything reasonably close.

I know several owners of UBB that have switched over vBulletin, and almost all of them miss being able to get that info from the user's profile right after they register. So I know that there already is an audience for this script.

Thanks in advance. :)

~Fin

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=124903


Would it be possible to have an option that would display your information in a user's profile for Admins and/or Mods only?

This would allow them (Mods & Admins) to see the information (wouldn't even have to all of it...maybe just the IP and E-mail address) quickly without having to log into the ModCP or AdminCP? http://www.ronaldreagan.com/forums/images/smilies/computer_nerd.gif

The reason being is that we use additional .htaccess & .htpasswd files in the ModCP and AdminCP that are different than their regular UserID & Password login. The two separate logins help protect those areas in case someone was able to get (or guess) a Mod or Admin password. The downside of using two separate logins is that it is a hassle to log into the CPs unless really necessary. :(

It would be awesome if it could be set up to where the Admin could choose or specify what info Moderators could view by simply clicking on the users profile.

What I mean is the Admin could choose whether a Moderator could see all of the info you are providing currently in the CP in a users profile, or maybe have the option for Mods not to see it (or parts) at all, and it would be just like you have it set up now. :)

Anyway, with or without a profile option Fin clicks "install" and MOTM for fci (especially since I have been looking months for this ;) ).

Thanks fci! :D

Edited:

Hmmmm...I assume since the January's MOTM (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=203) is already in progress, that new recommendations will be put forth the first of the next month? http://www.ronaldreagan.com/forums/images/smilies/old_ubb_smilies/confused.gif

[Zia]

idea is promising...

what about the server load ?
seems to me it might be a reason of server load....

pls correct me if im wrong..

[Terminatoronly]

good idea i love it installed :D

[Hornstar]

looks like a nice way to keep an easy eye on new members, however with over 200 a day, this may not be for me lol

[UbiqPhoton]

Thankyou for this - its just what I need, and indeed my mods as well.

One thing I am curious about is why it shows up under the vb options tab in the admin control panel. The other much more annoying thing is it doesnt work very well for those of us with renamed admincp and modcp directories - is there any chance this could be changed to use the variables rather than hard coding? If not, could you point me in the direction of what I have to change.

Otherwise, great hack. :)

[fci]

Thankyou for this - its just what I need, and indeed my mods as well.

One thing I am curious about is why it shows up under the vb options tab in the admin control panel. The other much more annoying thing is it doesnt work very well for those of us with renamed admincp and modcp directories - is there any chance this could be changed to use the variables rather than hard coding? If not, could you point me in the direction of what I have to change.

Otherwise, great hack. :)

I wrote a fix before reading your post to move it under the "Users" menu but I'll wait to release that until I add in your other suggestion.

[Calliope]

**Never mind**

[fci]

Thankyou for this - its just what I need, and indeed my mods as well.

One thing I am curious about is why it shows up under the vb options tab in the admin control panel. The other much more annoying thing is it doesnt work very well for those of us with renamed admincp and modcp directories - is there any chance this could be changed to use the variables rather than hard coding? If not, could you point me in the direction of what I have to change.

Otherwise, great hack. :)

it is now updated to reflect the above suggestions

[Mastar]

Thanks will make use of it!

[fci]

I see it in the Modcp but not the ACP, any ideas?

Did you look under Users in the admincp ? refer to the screenshot for details

[Diana Notacat]

Props for this! :D

[UbiqPhoton]

*edit* you already changed this - good job! Ok, one more suggestion then...

I get a lot of bots signing up, and my usual trick is to ban the email address, and then delete them (otherwise there would be thousands by now - over christmas they literally appeared like 30 a day)

Would it be possible (and this might only be in the admin version, I dont know) to have either a delete user button, or move to group, for easy mass pruning later?

Cheers :)

[fci]

*edit* you already changed this - good job! Ok, one more suggestion then...

I get a lot of bots signing up, and my usual trick is to ban the email address, and then delete them (otherwise there would be thousands by now - over christmas they literally appeared like 30 a day)

Would it be possible (and this might only be in the admin version, I dont know) to have either a delete user button, or move to group, for easy mass pruning later?

Cheers :)

sounds like a good suggestion.. that plus some of what The Finman said earlier is pretty good. have you noticed how many of the new users have their birthday set to March 28th?

[The Finman]

Bump. :)

[NeRilkA]

Hi,

i installed it for testing and it's great but i have an error for the date : it displays Y-m-d

can you help me ?

thanks :)

[Staxed]

sounds like a good suggestion.. that plus some of what The Finman said earlier is pretty good. have you noticed how many of the new users have their birthday set to March 28th?

are you planning on updating with said suggestions? (just curious)

[Sam1985]

I have a mailing program(mail blaster) that sends emails and tracks it.
Can I export a CSV file of users and their emails so i can send them newsletter and info using my system that accepts CSV imports?

thanks

[Nathan2006]

Thank you fci

This is just the right time I need something like this :D

Install

[PinkDaisy]

Installed!!! Love this.. :D

[blind-eddie]

This is the best......Saves me so much time..Thank You so much! MOTM.....

[daddygrim]

Perfect!!!!!!

[adwade]

I had installed this back at 0.2 version and forgot to Click Install. :o Just wanted to chime in here and say what a useful MOD this is. For a newbie like me, it allowed me to trip across my first spammer given all the information you offer. MANY THANXX!

[BoredOutOfMyMin]

Nice, but how to get it to appear in Admin CP User as well as Mod CP?

[aquariumpros]

Nice, but how to get it to appear in Admin CP User as well as Mod CP?

It is under the AdminCP - under:

Users
--New Registrant Info

[BoredOutOfMyMin]

It is under the AdminCP - under:

Users
--New Registrant Info

Ooooooooooooook, let us try again.

What did I do wrong, or fail to do, because it does not appear in my AdminCP. :eek:

It perfectly imported to ModCP.:D

Thanks.

[BoredOutOfMyMin]

Third request- Anyone else want to share insight on how to add to AdminCP?

[scan-pa]

Third request- Anyone else want to share insight on how to add to AdminCP?

The Admin must have "canedituser" permissions in the Admin user permissions control area.

if you uploaded the files to the proper place, you can find the link under the users category in the adminCP nav panel.


installed and works great on vB 3.6.4 & 3.6.5

[theFAILURE]

Tip top stuff bro, flawless.

Can't wait for it's additions :D

[maaref]

Thanks for the mod
is excellent one.

[Fungsten]

Installed!

On Edit:

Love it! Works great! NOM!

[bacanze]

Great idea, many thanks for the plugin :D

[Doctor Death]

Great mod and simple install. Will be looking for updates!!

[BoredOutOfMyMin]

The Admin must have "canedituser" permissions in the Admin user permissions control area.

if you uploaded the files to the proper place, you can find the link under the users category in the adminCP nav panel.


installed and works great on vB 3.6.4 & 3.6.5

I have tried this three times and I have done EXACTLY as it said, and it does not show in my AdminCP at all. I am not new at installing software in the least and this did not work.

[Queball_Beast]

I really like this, it goes great with the prevent spam hack.

clicks install :up:

[PoetJA-1975]

Very nice - Thanx for the sharing

Jacquii.

[Bounce]

nice , cheers for this :)

[Cyburbia]

Again, I love this hack.

With dnsstuff turning into a pay site, it would be nice to have an alternative to look up the IP.

[Nokia Tech]

Clicks INSTALL here

Just had a VB update done today, By Jelsoft. This is one of selection of cool hacks i have installed

Many thanks to the author for this..

[txspaderz]

Nice Job, Thanks...

Installed!

[masons]

godbless for this!.. shocked to see how many double ids

[Mrdby]

How can I disable mods from viewing this in the MODCP? i REMOVED THE FILE..but no good..still shows the text.

[Mrdby]

anybody????

[Tulsa]

Probably the easiest thing to do would be to move back to the initial version that didn't work in the modcp.

[BoredOutOfMyMin]

How can I disable mods from viewing this in the MODCP? i REMOVED THE FILE..but no good..still shows the text.

I have asked and no reply to how to enable in AdminCP.

Fantastic mod, but a pain to have to open ModCP to use it.

[Tulsa]

It's in the admincp, if you're using version 03 it was moved under the users menu.

[BoredOutOfMyMin]

It's in the admincp, if you're using version 03 it was moved under the users menu.

Nope. Version .3 not there. I have uninstalled and reinstalled following everystep.

If I knew how the code worked, I would hack it to work, I like this THAT much.

[Tulsa]

It's there for me and if you read the change log of the initial post, that was one of the changes to the 03 version. You might want to refresh your screen or log out and back in again to the admincp.

[Mrdby]

Yeah but if i remove the file..the mods get the error page.. jus want to move that whole file from modcp.

[Tulsa]

This was the initial release that didn't work in the modcp I believe. You could try it and see if it meets your needs.

[Mrdby]

This was the initial release that didn't work in the modcp I believe. You could try it and see if it meets your needs.

trhanks!!

[YHB]

Installed...Thanks

[AzaDiyaR]

installed thanks man

[AngelBlue]

Editing the "newuser" phrase to include the following is a 5 second job which gives you most (but not all) of the features this hack has :


http://www.google.com/search?q=$username
http://www.google.com/search?q=$email
http://www.google.com/search?q=$ipaddress
http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation&ipaddress=$ipaddress
http://searchresults.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=find.search&searchType=network&interesttype=&country=&searchBy=Email&f_first_name=$email&Submit=Find&SearchBoxID=FindAFriend

[beheshtnet]

Thanks !

Very GooD !

[Gripemaster]

Installed...thank you!

[Cyburbia]

The "Lookup IP" function no longer works, due to new restrictions at DNSstuff.

Where are my DNSstuff results?

You landed here most likely from doing a direct tool lookup using a URL.

This type of DNSstuff tool access requires being logged in to DNSstuff as a member (we recommend using the remember me checkbox).

If you would like to do any of the following, please join us for just $3/mo:

* bookmark or directly type a tool query
* embed a DNSstuff tool query URL into a program or script
* use 3rd party browser extensions (ex: Firefox's DNSstuff Toolbar)

[alfaowner]

I get this when I try to uplaod the xml
Fatal error: Direct Instantiation of vB_Database_Alter class prohibited. in /includes/class_dbalter.php on line 106

[Lois215]

I love stuff like this! Thanks!

[Alfa1]

When openSocial comes out, that would be a great addition to this hacks features.

[Itzbenreel]

yeah... lovin' it. Good work

[Cyburbia]

EDIT: okay, DNSStuff links seem to work again.

[ski diva]

I must be an idiot, because everyone here says this is so easy to install and I'm having a problem.

What is the "Proper Place" to install the folders entitled "includes" and the "mod cp?" I uploaded the product -- now what do I do???

Thanks.

Oops: Never mind. Figured it out.

[ski diva]

I can get it to show up in the user menu for the Mod CP, but not the Admin CP. Why is that? What am I doing wrong?

[BigDog56]

Great Mod! Thank you very much!

[ski diva]

Got it all worked out!!! Yay!!!!

Good mod.

[Alfa1]

Does this work in vb 3.7?

[Mrdby]

we need a update..this isn't working anymore.

[PossumX]

This is real popular and helpful for the moderators on my board. Truly hoping for an update for 3.7. Your consideration is appreciated.

[SpanishHarlem]

Hoping to see this as an update for 3.7 as well.. Has been very useful

[Grampz]

we need a update..this isn't working anymore.

I found this mod and am interested in using it to save time. I would like to know if it works with vBulletin? Version 3.6.7. If it does still work, I will be installing it.

[Servant]

sweet... just great when you have more than one admin approving users.

thx.

[MHC]

We are running vB 3.7.2. Once this plugin is updated, we will be using it on our forum. :)

[BigDog56]

I have 2 forums that it is installed in, works fine in both. (3.7.2)

[MHC]

Thanks for the heads up, BigDog56. Will try it out now! :up:

[Mrdby]

3.7.4?

[Mrdby]

it works in the MODCP but not in the admin.

[Danny_HR]

Great work mate.

Definitely makes things easier.

[dodgechargerfan]

I've had this installed for a while and loved it.
I made some change to my modcp and admincp directory names and that sort of broke this mod as I had to edit the links every time I tried to use.

However, I uninstalled the mod, deleted the files from my server and then re-installed and everything is working perfectly again. The menu links now use my renamed directories.

I'm running 3.8.1

The only difference: the menu link is under Users instead of under vBulletin options - where it was before... that's a change for the better, I think. It just took a few minutes to find it. :)

good work and thanks!

[nascartr]

Love this! Exactly what we need. Works for 3.8.1!

[Mrdby]

it doesn't work for mew. it only shows up in the mod section

[Mrdby]

I want it under admin not the modcp. Can this be done?

[stubby1274]

I want it under admin not the modcp. Can this be done?

Open the includes/xml/cpnav_newregistrants.xml file and replace this line:

<link>../{$vbulletin->config[Misc][modcpdir]}/newregistrants.php</link>

with this

<link>../{$vbulletin->config[Misc][admincpdir]}/newregistrants.php</link>


Then open up the modcp/newregistrants.php and replace all instances of modcp with admincp, save the file. Copy the newregistrants.php file to your admincp directory, and copy the newregistrants.xml file to your includes/xml directory. Go to your control panel and import the main xml file and this will then show up in your admin control panel. This worked in 3.8.2.

[Cyburbia]

DNSStuff no longer allows free searches as of today. The IP location function ("Lookup IP") is now broken, click on it, and this is the result:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/where-are-my-results/

[Fungsten]

DNSStuff no longer allows free searches as of today. The IP location function ("Lookup IP") is now broken, click on it, and this is the result:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/where-are-my-results/

I noticed that too.

[blaize]

You can replace the lookup link in the modcp/newregistrants.php with one that is free. The link to replace is on line 95.

[alfaowner]

Does anybody want to reccomend a free site?

[digicom]

just edit the line in modcp/newregistrants.php on line 95 where it says
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ipall.chjust remove .ch so it just says
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ipalland it works fine :D

You can replace the lookup link in the modcp/newregistrants.php with one that is free. The link to replace is on line 95.

[BigDog56]

Worked for me!

[Cyburbia]

Is there an equivalent to this plugin that is compatible with vBulletin 4?