They are never the same. The IPs used are from all over the globe, the only thing that is common with these registrations is the timezone.

Is it possible to tell if someone is using this hack?

Nope, but you could make a good guess.

Actually a site I know of is trying to change to a new site but it's members don't want to go. Everyone has had exactly what this is supposed to do for weeks and they are blaming their server etc just seems a bit strange. I was hoping something might show up in the code.

this is a good hack to make the spammer headache heheh :D

Seems to be kicking back a database errors to users in that group. Running vb 3.6.4.

I tested it with dummy account.

That is a server/mysql problem.

Great hack, just what I needed for a problem user on my forum. :)

I love it. No need to ban users right away, just make them leave on thier own.

Wonder if the 25 sec delay is causing mysql to timeout. Every other forum function and hack works fine. I'll have to see if there if there is a setting for mysql that terminates the connection after a certain period of time.

Thanks