Thanks. :)

Version 1.0.3 is now out.

Check the history (found here) for notes on the changes.

I strongly recommend everyone grab the updated version to take advantage of the Cookie Name feature.

Let me know if there are any problems!

Ok i have installed it and i even create double account juss for the test purpose but nothing happened. I mean it is suppose to send me private message right coz i have create double account.

I wanna test it but dont know proper way to test it. Any suggestions good ppl.

Great Mod, only problem with it is... I have a few members of my forum that share the same computer [for example, User1 might be the mom, User2 might be the dughter, and they use the same IP or same computer, but have different accounts]. Might become a bother if they are very active. Probably the only thing keeping me from fully installing.

You have to configure it properly first. The default settings (like recipients of PMs and forum to post in) are blank and must be set to correct values for a multiple account to be reported. Also, the Multiple Account Reporter must be set to a valid User ID number.

I know. I have the same thing on my forum - I'm sure many administrators do. The thing is, this modification utilizes ignore features. You can ignore specific users and ignore their child accounts (if they have any). I suggest taking advantage of that. In your case, if User1, User2, and User3 all use the same computer, then just put User1's ID number on the Ignored Users and enable 'Ignore Child Accounts.' Also, this modification will only report new detections - as long as the account-counting cookie is intact. Anyway, as I just said, I suggest that you use the ignore features in combination with 'Ignore Child Accounts.'

I have to say great job , well done .. Is it possible to have this make a post in some forum when a banned member attempts to join the forum again ..

Well, yes... It should do that automatically if you have Registration Prevention on and Reporting by New Thread is correctly set. In the post, it will have this line if they were rebanned: "One or more linked accounts is currently banned, so the new account has been rebanned."

And remember, everyone... The ignore system takes priority over rebans. If someone is on the ignore list (or if they are a child account of someone on the ignore list and that feature is enabled) then they will ultimately been ignored.

Just to give you guys a heads-up, version 1.0.4 will be coming out soon with the option of verbose mode, which will report the exact information found in the account-counting cookie. I'll explain more about this whenever I release it.

I'm still open to new suggestions.

thanks , I'm not too worried about the multi user registration - many members at my forum log in at their friends computer to show them the site - then the friend joins ..

But the auto ban would save me many hrs a day ..

any way to have both or either one work ?

thnaks again .. Total

What do you mean "have both or either one work?"

Open your AdminCP, go to the Multiple Account Detection & Prevention Options, and click on the question marks (help topics) if you want specific information on the options.

Hi Kiros, i installed your mod and tested it.
It detected double accounts, but i'm getting error when new members registering in my forum.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: stripos() in /home/content/b/1/n/b1n/html/forums/madp/prevention.php on line 94

Any idea why i'm getting this error?

Thanks that explained things . I did not click on the ? marks ..

could it be possible to get when the re-ban happens , a post is made in a forum .. Like how the Report by New Thread is done for the multiple account detection ?

thnaks again ..

Ok I found this. When i turn on the IP IP Address Prevention

It give same error for new members who try to register, and if this option is turned off , the error disappear on the new register

For me, the add-on nothing. although I logged with 3 Account had with the same browser.

There are no user groups and not ignored.

Oh dear. I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking when I put stripos() in there. It's only available in PHP5 and up. You probably have PHP4. I'll swap it out with strpos() in the next version.

Edit:

Actually, I might go ahead and make a PHP4 version. Stay tuned. Until I release it, please keep that problematic option disabled. I'm sorry about the inconvenience =/

As I've already said, whenever a multiple registrant is rebanned, it says so within the post. As long as you have Registration Prevention enabled, have correct settings for the Report by New Thread, and have the reban settings correct, it will say it within the post. ;)

I have no clue what you said :confused:
Sorry.

Attention: Everyone... The next version (1.0.4) will be released soon, but I am in the middle of moving a website - the same website I develop the modification on. As soon as the site is reopened and the DNS is propagated, I'll be able to release the new version. Please be patient... It might be another couple of days.

Installed!!!
and Nominated! https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/01/12.gif

Thanks, I love you too ;)

By the way, I've decided to skip a small improvement and go for a rather decent set of improvements. So version 1.0.4 will not be released. Instead, version 1.1.0 will be :)

I may be ready to release it by later tomorrow night or the day after. Stay tuned.

I really need help. I keep getting spammed and most of it is coming from the same people. I can tell by the same and similar ads. etc. It's gotten way out of hand and it's killing my site.

I've honestly just thought about deleting the forum and letting the spammers win but before I do I thought I'd ask for help.

I tried installing this upgrade in hopes to finally permanately get rid of the returning scum bags that keep hammering my forum with spam.

I'm a complete rookie to installing new products and am having some trouble. I can't get into the "setting group" panel shown in the thread here. Could somebody please give directions to or help a total rookie find the answer to this problem? I feel stupid asking but I really need help.

I have uploaded the file :madp to my forums folder

Then I went to my admincp and imported the product at:
Plugins & Products > Manage Products

It seemed to instal ok but I can't figure out how to get to the settings panel.

OK, I figured it out.

Sorry to bother everybody with my ignorance. :o :o

Alright sir, i will wait for your update :)

mmm, think i am missing something here.

Installed fine, real easy product, but when active and testing, all new registrations ger the same error:

any ideas ??

Doh !

Sorry, that will teach me, the answer is right up there just above me !

In version 1.1.0, this will not be a problem. For right now, you can fix this fairly easily. Open /madp/prevention.php in a PLAIN text editor (not Microsoft Word or other rich text editors), search for "stripos" (without quotes), and replace it with "strpos" (without quotes).

Sorry again for the inconvenience. The next version will be out as soon as possible!

installed it couples of days ago and i must say this is a great mod.thnx won't mind to nominate it for the month.
the ideas in it are according to today's everyday problems,but there is only onething i would like to see change in which is reban the ban user.i think it will be superb addition if the ban user can't register again PERIOD.we can always unban his previous username and notify via e-mail if we want him to join again.
it will be a great help from your side if you can do that.again thanks

Glad to hear that you like it :)

A) Yes, if you use translations in the phrases, you will have to rebuild them manually since I do not currently have different translations built into the modification. This is just how vBulletin works. Sorry =/

B) I'm going to have to get back to you on this issue. This might be faulty coding on my part, but it might just be the clash of settings. I'll look into this. In the meantime, try to create a new Usergroup and use that as the Prevention Usergroup.

I'll take this into account. In version 1.1.0, I may make this an option for both prevention and reban. Thank you for your suggestion! :)

great and thnx for considering :up:

I think that I might know the problem here. Did you not change your Cookie Name after you installed version 1.0.3?

Yep, I change the cookie to a new name, I'll attach a screenshot in that way you can check my settings. And I'll explain why I'm using some of them, maybe could be useful.

Ignored Usergroups: 5,6,7,16
Me and my Trusted Group

Prevention Usergroup: 3 = Group of Users Awaiting email Confirmation
If I validate the account manually (COPPA), some of this users could not Activate they account, so I just prefer to leave the normal vBull process, and when they activate they account pass to the Registered User Group

Extended IP Address Prevention: No
I'll activate it when I'm on attack or have problems on the forum.

Reban Banned Accounts: NO
Deactivated until the new version (1.1.0) arrives. I really like this option.

Forum to Post New Threads: 354
Our moderator sub forum for MADP

Cookie Name: myid (example)
I put a custom name as soon I install the new version (1.0.1 to 1.0.3)

Almost all the options were the same I was using on the 1.0.1, the prevention was working well, but since the upgrade, all the new accounts detected were been moved to User Group 1 (no session/guest) instead of the # 3

I was going to reinstall the 1.0.1, but I gladly work with the current, I only have from 3 to 8 detected accounts per day, so I can still handle the problem :D

Thanks and Happy xMas Day!!! :)

Honestly, I'm still confused as to why it's doing that. Have you tried creating a custom Usergroup and then setting the Prevention Usergroup to its ID?

Not yet. But I'll do the following:

A) I'll set up the Prevention Usergroup to 4 (COPPA) instead of the 3, to see what happen.
B) If tomorrow the system still failing, I'll remove the mod and reinstall it again, maybe that could help.

I'll let you know the results

By the way, when do you think to release the 1.1.0?

Thanks Kiros!!!

I'll be releasing version 1.1.0 as soon as possible, but I'd like to get all of the bugs worked out prior to doing so. This means that I'll be doing extensive testing.

I think that I can confirm this bug. It seems that I released version 1.0.3 too soon.

I'll release a fix (version 1.0.4) within 24 hours.

After I installed this add-on I try to log into my account or any user I get this code:
Warning: require_once([path]/madp/detection.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_login.php(185) : eval()'d code on line 3

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/doncubac/public_html/foros/madp/detection.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/doncubac/public_html/foros/includes/functions_login.php(185) : eval()'d code on line 3

Can somebody tell me what I did wrong or what can I do to fix this problem. Thank you for any help. :confused:

did you place the madp folder into your forum root directory ?? For example forum / madp ??

I did 2 steps only

1) Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder to your forum's root.
(If your forum's location is http://www.example.com/forums/, the root is /forums/)

2) Import the product XML file (product-kiros_madp.xml) into the Product Manager within your AdminCP.
(When upgrading, always make sure that Allow Overwrite is set to yes!)

do I have to make any config to make it work?

Very very nice mod :) I hope support continues for many moons to come :D

No, that should work just fine. But it really looks like you uploaded the /madp/ folder to the wrong place. Either that, or it has the wrong permissions set.

Please be certain that you've uploaded everything INSIDE the 'upload' folder, and not the 'upload' folder, itself. If you go to your forums, you should be able to go to (website.com)/(forums)/madp/index.html and get a blank page without warnings if you have it correctly set up.

I have solved my problem thank you very much :up :;)

Hi Kiros!!!

Version 1.0.4 Installed, I should have some fishes on the MADP in around 24 hours. I let you know the results. I setup the Prevention Group to 3 again on my settings, so they should activate they account and don't got a clue that has been catch.

Thank you very much for the update.

Best regards!!! :D

Alrighty, cool stuff. Just keep in mind that if you normally have your members confirm their email address, then their Usergroup will be changed to 'Registered Users' whenever they click on the activation link. If you want to prevent this, use a different Prevention Usergroup.

Hi Kiros!!!

Yep, that's why I setup that Group (3), the users can activate the account, and all works normally, but the Thread send by the MADP alert all the staff and moderators about this account.

I have a secondary configuration, just in case the forum is attacked, in that case the Prevention Usergroup goes to a group with the Miserable Users mod, in that way I buy some time.

I think this mod is awesome, save a lot of time to the admin and pretty useful to all size of forums. :D

EDIT: Checked... Tested... All working great. Thanks Kiros.