Lol!, the ban is a redirect, firstly the session timeout set in you vbulletin options has to pass before anyone goes missing off the who's online, secondly the bot/spider/person has to visit another url before they get redirected if their session hasn't timed out.

Give it time and they will disappear :)

P>S please mark as installed!

Sorry. I clearly have the Sunday morning sleepies.

I have marked as installed. Thanks :)

I remember you helped me with the Quick-Editor and then the Similar thread.. Thank you very much for your help. I wish there was more like you in vBulletin. And I am sure there is. Everyone have been amzingly helpfull to me. (Newbie)

VOTED: Excellent, and INSTALLED!

I Forgot something..

I Just Installed this one, I have little question! Do you think that a proxy-Ban, or Proxy Detection option could be added in this product! Or maybe in your next release!

Maybe close to the Product called (Proxy to Real IP)......

Thats not the intention of this mod, there is a mod that prevents proxy use and there's one that helps display the users real ip (by Paul M) if the proxy provides it, as far as i know this mod doesn't conflict with any of those so you can use it in conjunction. :)

Thanks! Installed. How do I verify that this mod is working as intended? I can't block my IP obviously.

You can ban your own ip :), when you find it works go to your /includes/config.php and right under <? php add then access your admincp of the forum and remove your ip, once done comment out the line you added in config.php by adding // in front of it so its there for future use (it disables all plugins).

Thanks. I used Chrome and Firefox. In Chrome, I went admin panel and banned my IP and kept open admin panel screen. In Firefox, I tested the redirect. It worked ok. Then, I went back to Chrome and removed my IP from ban list. After a minute, I tested in Firefox. I was able to see the forum instead of getting redirected. It worked great! I do not see "Message to Redirected users" though. In fact, that's what I wanted. I do not want to show some courteous message to spammers.

Overall, it worked as advertised! Nominating for the mod of month. Great Job!

Glad it's what you wanted, check out my other mod https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=264932 to keep bad bots away and reduce your bandwidth :)

Thanks. Quick question. Under "List IPs" box, instruction says "You may use full or partial IP's in the list". What is the format for partial IP? Should I enter

xx.xx.xx.* or just xx.xx.xx.

Thank you.